When I went to a recruits meeting at a game last October, Juanna Rumbel warned us that roller derby would consume half of our life. I can easily see how this could be an entire life, if pesky things like eating and sleeping didn’t demand on being part of the equation!
The WCR practice schedule is…robust. As a cleared Rioter waiting patiently in the wings for a draft, I have a multitude of practices that are available to me and that I’m encouraged to attend. A typical week looks something like ...

REGIONALS PREVIEW! Tournament season gets underway this weekend with the Windy City Rollers All-Stars top-seeded in the North Central regional competition in Green Bay.

Can't make it to Green Bay for Regionals? Party with us here in Chicago and watch the games live!

This week the Windy City Rollers showed the Chicago Sun-Times how dangerous it is to get in Varla Vendetta's way and celebrated the release of the new roller derby video game with Postcrescent.com.

Three Windy City Rollers team up to take on the world's largest triathlon.

This week The Windy City Rollers shared their hopes for the National Championship with Medill Reports, were highlighted as one of the top things to do in Chicago by Time Out Chicago, and were captured by Chicago Now in a tough game against the RMRG 5280 Fight Club.

The Windy City Rollers’ All-Stars served brutal 151-56 loss at the hands of the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls’ 5280 Fight Club.

The Windy City Rollers’ Second Wind traded blows with the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls’ The Contenders in a seesaw bout that saw Second Wind ultimately felled by The Contenders 130-124.

This week, The Windy City Rollers celebrated roller derby's 75th anniversary with Gapers Block and grabbed the attention of Venus Zine in Down and Derby, a new roller derby book!

Partial proceeds from our next bouts will benefit the Danny Did Foundation to prevent deaths caused by seizures.