The Texecutioners fought the good fight against Baltimore's Charm City Rollergirls during last Sunday's all-stars match, leading well ahead for most of the game until Charm City went on a miraculous single-jam winning streak that led them to victory. Final score: 154 to 146. more ›

Other towns have whistleblowers like Karen Silkwood and Linda Tripp, embroiled in drama and intrigue. Our own Austinist editor-in-chief Allen Y Chen is rolling up to whistleblower status this weekend, but the drama and intrigue surrounding Chen’s activities will be more bruises and brawling than espionage and politics as he prepares to blow the start whistle for the Texas Rollergirls this Sunday. more ›

• More craptastic news from the Gulf: the cap is off the well, and the oil is gushing.
• Poor little "Meatball." Won’t someone help him escape this lonely life in a South Austin yard?
• It’s so meta. A girl tries to become a rollergirl because she’s seen the film Whip It…about a girl who joins an Austin rollerderby team! It’s life imitating art via art imitating life!

"I've been known as Crackerjack for five years. I've skated on six teams, I'm nationally known in the derby community as a skater, leader and trainer," said Bell. "What am I supposed to do—change my name to Sally? more ›

Austin filmmaker Bob Ray's Hell on Wheels tells the story of Austin's roller derby revival, following a group of hard-hitting Texas women who pulled the sport from the brink of obscurity and into the international spotlight. Five years in the making, this rock-meets-rollerskates doc will be premiering at this years' South by Southwest film festival. We recently had a chance to talk to Bob about Roller Derby, filmmaking and one-man bands. How did Hell on... more ›

As a founding member of the Texas Rollergirls, a league "by the skaters, for the skaters," Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan presents her inside perspective of the Austin-born flat track roller derby movement in Rollergirl: Totally True Tales From The Track. Rest assured, these tales, they're from the track and they're totally true. more ›

The last days of summer are upon us, so drink up this weekend. As the sweaty bacchanal of summer comes to a close, The University of Texas is once again offering their Informal Classes for the fall semester. Beginning this Monday, October 16, nearly 1,000 courses ranging from Roller Derby Appreciation to Crystal Healing to Dog Obedience 101 are being offered until December. These courses, some only meeting once and others lasting several weeks, are... more ›

The Roller Girls are finally allowing the male gender into the league...kinda sorta. The Putas del Fuegos, of the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, are holding auditions for their all-male (preferably gay) cheerleading squad. The squad's name, wait for it, The Flamers. We're sure you'll want to run out and start polishing those male cheerleader skills. Auditions will be for both dancers and stunters. Prospective Flamers are expected to possess reasonable athletic skill and a roller... more ›

We still don’t understand why roller derby has yet to become a high school sport, but hopefully a reality TV show courtesy of the masterminds behind Laguna Beach will change all that. Rollergirls premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on A&E. And if you are truly bohemian (or utterly broke) and don’t have cable (or a television), you can head over to the Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse for the free viewing party, also at 9 p.m. more ›