Take that, SNLWhen KOFY-TV proudly announced several months ago that roller derby was returning to the little screen, we professed some skepticism about how much attention the game's scheduled time slot -- from noon to 1 p.m. on Saturdays -- would generate. The time has come for us and other doubter ... More >>
Better than bread and circusesOne of the classical world's entertainment staples was gladiatorial combat, a blood sport that allowed mud-caked plebes to forget, however briefly, the squalor of their day-to-day lives. In modern times, as we noted in a news story last month, the blood sport known as r ... More >>
Sporty, spicy girls
Iva Vendetta, Miss Moxxxie, Ghoulina, and the other Bay Area Derby Girls are into piercings, tattoos, partying, sexual innuendo, and whatever they decide roller derby is going to be
A documentary about legendary bad girl Ann Calvello, the undisputed Roller Derby Queen
At age 72, Ann Theresa Calvello, the Roller Derby Queen, is the subject of a movie -- and as salty as ever
If you think pro wrestling is outrageous, you should see the battles that go on among the sport's local promoters
The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent
