Skateboarding has been a male-dominated sport for decades, but in recent years, with skating surging ahead on social media, women are now making big leaps on wheels. To celebrate this cultural shift, ...

Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito are back on the ice at U.S. figure skating championships. Their free skates will ...

For 20 years, Philly Roller Derby skaters, who go by names like Woolly Slammoth, TrailBlazeHer and Reba Smackentire, have jammed and blocked their way around oval skating rinks in the spirit of ...

All that Rachael Vallese needs is a pair of roller skates to prove that playing rough isn’t just for men. After she gets her skates on, Vallese takes her no-fear mentality and sassy attitude to the ...

Whooshing around the oval track at full speed, maneuvering to get past whoever is in the way, is a thrill Rock Town Roller Derby women seek on the regular. The women of Rock Town Roller Derby range ...

It's an adrenaline-packed, full-contact sport with a do-it-yourself attitude, where bruises eventually fade, but friendships ...

Dozens of skaters will transform the beautiful building into a roller derby track for a show described as “live theatre ...

The gimmicks, elbows and unabashed fighting are gone, and its participants hail from an array of professional backgrounds. This is roller derby, 21st century style ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Colleen English, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) For 20 years, Philly Roller Derby ...

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