After two losses in last month's home opener, the Cincinnati Rollergirls will be summoning all of their roller derby superpowers for a sanctioned A-team game against West Virginia Roller Derby and a regulation B-team matchup against Chicago Outfit Roller Derby's Shade Brigade on Saturday, April 7. CRG announcer-turned-writer Tank previews the action.
The Cincinnati Rollergirls have entered a contest to win a $25,000 FedEx Small Business Grant, which the team would put toward the first-ever dedicated roller derby facility in Cincinnati.
For the eighth straight year, the Cincinnati Rollergirls have been voted Cincinnati's Best Amateur/Semi-Pro Team by the readers of CityBeat in the annual Best of Cincinnati readers' poll.
The Cincinnati Rollergirls start off their second season at their new venue, Schmidt Memorial Fieldhouse at Xavier University, on Saturday, March 10, 2018 with a double-header against Colorado's Boulder County Bombers. CRG announcer Tank previews what's expected to be a close matchup.
Cincinnati Rollergirl Jillian Dollaz was a CRG fan for years before she decided to try out. Here's her story in her own words.
The Cincinnati Rollergirls will return to Schmidt Memorial Fieldhouse at Xavier University for the spring 2018 season.
One of the things that makes sports so special are rivalry games. These games aren’t just another date on the calendar. They are the first date fans look for every year when the new season schedule comes out. They are the games that make fans scream “ROLL TIDE!” or “WAR EAGLE!” in the streets of Alabama at each other. They are the games that make you the last person to get served a pint when you wear a Yankees hat into a Boston bar. They are the reason I bought an Ohio flag for my house to counteract my neighbor’s Team Up North flag that casts gloom upon our neighborhood.
Gather around youngins, because Uncle Tank is about to spin you a yarn, Grandpa Simpson-style. Roller derby hasn’t always been the well-regulated, fiercely competitive, hyper-athletic, international sport that it is today.
Every contact sport has its tools to keep athletes on the field. In the full-contact, fast-paced sport of roller derby, doctors are key to keeping skaters on the track and in the game.
On the heels of a successful spring 2017 season at their new venue, Schmidt Memorial Fieldhouse at Xavier University, the Cincinnati Rollergirls will soon be back in action for their first-ever fall season.
