Player of the Game: Beth Amphetamine

On Sunday, July 25th, five Windy City Rollers skated in the Chicagoland Inline Marathon in Hoffman Estates, IL.

The Windy City Rollers are finalists in a contest run by WTTW Chicago to create a station tag. Vote for us here (ID Video #16):
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=69,1,1

WCR All-Stars 122Rat City Roller Girls 94
Windy City Second Wind 64Naptown 78

Philly Liberty Belles 70Windy City All-Stars 69
Full recap coming soon....
To see all regional rankings, click here:
http://www.wftda.com/rankings/

Roller derby is taking the world by storm, and to show just how widespread it has become, here's an article about the first league in Sydney, Australia:
http://wentworth-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/hell-on-rollerskates/

All of you night owl/derby fans can catch a segment on the Windy City Rollers on tonight's episode of Sportsaholic on Comcast Sportsnet, at 12:30 a.m. (early Friday morning). The episode features the Ivy King Cup Championship bout. Don't miss it!

It's time for nationally ranked women's roller derby! The Windy City Rollers have completed the home season, but the league's All-Star team is now on the prowl. The WCR All-Stars, ranked second in the nation by the Women's Flat Track Derby
Association (WFTDA) will take on the third-ranked Philly Roller Girls Liberty Belles on Saturday, July 25, 2009, at 7 p.m. at UIC Pavilion, located at 525 S. Racine Ave. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Chicago finished No. 2 at 2008's WFTDA national championships, and Philly ended at No. 3. Both Chicago ...

Here's a first look at the upcoming roller derby themed film Whip It!, directed by Drew Barrymore:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-07-08-whip-it-first-look_N.htm/
The movie hits theaters in October. Be sure to check it out and keep an eye out for our very own Athena DeCrime, who appears in the movie as Kristen Wiig's stunt double!