Roller derby, popular in the 1940s and 1950s, enjoyed a resurgence on TV in the 1970s, then went back into hibernation. I don’t know that it can be said to be quietly making a comeback, but my Google ...

The first rule of watching roller derby is that it doesn’t matter whether you know the rules. In fact, I would hazard a guess that knowing the rules significantly diminishes roller derby enjoyment.

The roller derby first grew out of an event conceived by sports promoter Leo Seltzer in 1935. Thousands flocked to the Chicago Coliseum to see couples teams skate continuously for more than a month, ...