Besides the hits and falls we take on the track, one of the hardest things about roller derby is convincing people just how hard we train, practice, and work for this.

"One just doesn’t slap on a pair of skates and suddenly become a Windy City Roller." Check out the second installment of our Rioter blog!

Ever wonder what it's like to be a newbie roller girl? A member of WCR's farm team the Haymarket Rioters, Loraza Bam, gives us an inside look into her training process.

Meet Joe Klug and Dream Weaver Von Rainbowensteinowitz, the two lucky winners of WCR's ebay auction and the guest captains of the Black vs. White bout that kicks off Saturday's action. Read more to learn which skaters they had on their draft wish list, as well as the final roster for White Zombies vs. Black Dreams & Rainbows.

Only three days left for your bid to guest captain your very own white or black Windy City Rollers team! Hopefuls for the coveted positions will battle it out, ebay style, all this weekend. As last year's winners can attest, it's a unique opportunity to get behind the scenes with your favorite players.

Lucy Knisley came to the league’s attention with a comic she posted about WCR on her website, Stop Paying Attention. We were so flattered, we thought we’d find out more about this talented artist.

Congratulations to Glenn Brown, this month's caption contest winner. We enjoyed reading all of your submissions this season!

Up for auction on ebay is the opportunity to be a guest captain with the Windy City Rollers! As an honorary guest captain you get to draft your own team out of players from the WCR, develop strategy with them at special practices and implement that strategy in a once-in-a-lifetime bout at the WCR's 2010 Championship Game.

Write a caption for this photo. Our favorite entry will win 2 tickets to our next game!

Congratulations to Trista Gunderman, this month's caption contest winner. Keep an eye out for Caption Contest #6, coming soon!