In the Media: "Guerreras de la Pista"

Articles, Media, News » Posted February 24th, 2010 by

This week, NBC 5 Chicago dropped in on a Windy City practice, Chicago Now chatted with Val Capone about derby names, and Hoy! talked derby en espanol with Sargentina!

NBC 5 Chicago

"You Love Roller Derby. You Just Don't Know It Yet"

Watch the segment!

Chicago Now

Roller Derby Diary: Where Roller Girls Get Their Nicknames

I first met Val at the WCR season opener a couple weeks ago and I was so taken by her, I asked her if she'd like to drop in from time to time and share some of her experiences as a 'roller girl.'  Never being one to back down from a challenge, Val agreed and makes her debut today with her take on where she came up with her 'derby name'

Read the article!

Hoy!

Guerreras de la pista

A primera vista, las Windy City Rollers pueden parecer un grupo de chicas rudas y que pueden atemorizar a cualquiera con nombres de batalla como "Ruth Enasia", "Blazing Inferno", "Rose Feratu", "Bring 2 Hell", "Ska Face", o "Kola Loka", pero detrás de esa fachada hay hermanas, hijas y madres que encuentran en la pista un lugar para expresarse y divertirse.

Read the article!

<object id="8965" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" height="394" width="448"><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.nbcchicago.com/syndication?id=84752817&path=%2Fnews%2Fsports"/><embed src="http://www.nbcchicago.com/syndication?id=84752817&path=%2Fnews%2Fsports"  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" height="394" width="448"></embed><p style="font-size:small">View more news videos at: <a href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/video">http://www.nbcchicago.com/video</a>.</p></object>
Talk Derby with your Friends!

    Leave your response!

    Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

    Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

    You can use these tags:
    <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

    This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.

    Powered by WordPress | Mobile Edition | Log in | Posts Feed (RSS) | Comments Feed (RSS) | Theme based on Arthemia by Michael Hutagalung