Roller Derby is a team sport of fast, furious, and often violent action that first appeared in the mid-1930s. The games take place on a banked oval track, where two squads of five men or five women—the sexes do not usually compete against each...

Roller derby is an American-invented contact sport—and historically, a form of sports entertainment—based on formation roller skating around an oval track. While traditionally a professional (paid) sport for both women and men, roller derby has in...

Everything old is new again, so why not Roller Derby? CBS Cable, The Nashville Network and Jerry Seltzer; the son of the original Roller Derby's founder, agreed. So, Roller Jam -- a modernized, action-packed version -- is speeding into January primetime on...

Tight circle Opening night In the rough-and-tumble of roller derby, Jaclyn Downs, 28, has blossomed into a gritty skater adept at evading hits. Sleek and limber, she glides into a pack of eight helmeted women jostling for position. She darts to one...

A kick here, a shove there. Bodies crash together in turns. And watch out for those stinging jellyfish! Just another day of open water swimming, where athletes challenge waves, wind and each other in rough-and-tumble conditions that might shock Michael Phelps and the rest of...

The ruins of the Minneapolis bridge collapse are all cleaned up now, but Garrett Ebling is still picking up the wreckage it made of his life."Every step I take I'm sore, so that's a reminder. Every time I look in the mirror and see my...