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Talk Derby to Me: The Women of the Arizona Roller Derby

by Janice Vega Features
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The scene at the Castle Sports Club on this particular evening is not the usual ‘hoo-rah’ of most sports events. There are girls on roller skates wearing pirate costumes, tutus and baseball uniforms and it’s well past Halloween. The crowd gathers around a flat track carefully laid out by tape and the announcers go by [...]

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Derby Breakdown

by Janice Vega Features
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Continued from Talk Derby to Me
For the novices, press secretary and safety marshal, Amber Hassing aka Ann T. Madder, gives a basic run-down of the game:

The event is called a “bout”. Each match is called a “jam” and consists of two teams. Each team has three positions: jammer, blocker and pivot.
The goal of the game is [...]

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