Queen of the roller derby — sisterhood on skates. “It’s the time of my life,” said Rachele Huelsman, a homeless coalition official when not portraying a romance novel moniker.

Roller derby is a sport most may have heard of, but it can be one that slips out of a list of top sports. Because of a recent resurgence, roller derby is stronger than ever. “I think they think of ...

Roller derby faded out in the late '70s and was pretty much nonexistent in the '80s and '90s. Just a few years ago there were only a handful of leagues -- but now roller derby is back and bigger ...

Roller derby originated in the late fifties as a lace and blood female-dominated mirror of modern professional wrestling. As a precursor to early female sports leagues, roller derby was one of the ...

But, as popular as she was, as popular as the sport was, roller derby was one of the casualties of the '70s, Cowan points out. "I said then," Calvello recalls, " 'roller derby is over.

It hit a peak in the late 1950s that ran through the mid-70s. The original "Roller Derby" was syndicated to 120 television stations and bouts were big draws, with an indoor record of 19,507 at ...

Roller Derby, Enjoying Second Go-Round, Draws Women, Blood Roller derby is back, and it's all grown up -- sort of.

Orange County roller derby women who work as social workers, embalmers and teachers by day put on roller skates, helmets and knee pads and bump, jam and block each other by night.