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Roller Derby Diva

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Roller Derby Diva · 2M ago

Chat with the Cincinnati Rollergirls

Breaking news: I’m still here! Breaking news part two: Not for long. After six years, I am ending my Roller Derby Diva blog. The reason: I am leaving the Cincinnati Enquirer for a job as the Cincinnati Museum Center’s manager of digital engagement. My last day at the Enquirer will be Wednesday, Marc
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Roller Derby Diva · 7M ago

Cincinnati Rollergirls head to the playoffs

Tonight I’m packing for the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association‘s North Central Region Playoffs, which are conveniently located in Indianapolis this year. The Cincinnati Rollergirls‘ all-star team, the Black Sheep, are playing in the 10-team tournament for the fourth straight year, and I’m going al
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Roller Derby Diva · 8M ago

Roller derby retirement update

That headline is kind of inaccurate, actually. I haven’t completely retired from roller derby; I’ve just retired from the skating part of it after six seasons with the Cincinnati Rollergirls. And nearly three months after my last game, I have no regrets. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about not skat
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Roller Derby Diva · 10M ago

A picture-perfect ending

It’s only been two weeks since the last Cincinnati Rollergirls home double-header of the season — and my last game before retirement from skating — but it already seems like it was all a dream. And in fact, I had dreamed that my last game would end much like it did, with a down-to-the-wire win [...]
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Roller Derby Diva · 11M ago

The end of an era

Last year around this time, I wrote a post that I thought was the hardest I’d ever have to write. I was wrong. This is it. After much thought over the past year, I have decided to retire from skating after the Cincinnati Rollergirls‘ June 18 double-header against the Detroit Derby Girls, our last ho
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Roller Derby Diva · 11M ago

CRG documentary premieres on CET Friday night

If you ever wanted to find out more about the women (and men) of the Cincinnati Rollergirls, you’ll have your best opportunity yet on Friday, June 3. At 10 p.m., an hour-long documentary on the team, “The Roller Derby Queens,” will premiere on CET, Cincinnati’s PBS affiliate (digital channel 48.1 or
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Roller Derby Diva · 12M ago

A record-breaking win and a big loss

The roller derby roller-coaster that I’m perpetually riding hit some big peaks and valleys over the last few weeks. I made it onto the roster of the Cincinnati Rollergirls B team, the Silent Lambs, for our May 14 game against the Ohio Valley Roller Girls All-Stars, and we went on to set a new scorin
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Roller Derby Diva · 1Y ago

Another roller derby documentary in the works

…and this one, called “Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction, and Rink Rash,” looks like the best depiction yet of the issues the sport is wrestling with today. Specifically: With its explosive growth, will derby stay true to its DIY roots? Or should it? Here’s what filmmaker Robin Bond told Denver
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Roller Derby Diva · 1Y ago

You win some…

…and you lose some. Sometimes big time. That’s what happened two weeks ago, to both Cincinnati Rollergirls teams. Despite our optimism going into what we knew would be challenging match-ups, the Naptown Roller Girls‘ Tornado Sirens beat our varsity team, the Black Sheep, 167-94, and NRG’s Warning Be
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Roller Derby Diva · 1Y ago

I’m back

Three weeks ago, I sat behind a computer and helped live-blog the action as my Cincinnati Rollergirls teammates skated away with another victory over the visiting teams. Tomorrow night, I’ll be on the track again, back on the roster for our B team, the Silent Lambs, as we take on Indianapolis’s Napt
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