5/17/09 Dixie Derby Girls are out to WIN!

Roller derby is coming to the big screen, and DeLourdes Booker is ready for her close-up. That is, her team's close-up. A fixture in Huntsville's Dixie Derby Girls league since its inception in 2005 as well as its new head coach, Booker is stoked about Drew Barrymore's paean to women's roller derby, "Whip It!" due out in October.

10/23/08 Dixie Derby Girls Finally Make It To the Von Braun Center - Nov. 1

It has been a long road for the Dixie Derby Girls since they originally formed in 2004. For some of the veterans of the league, years of hard skating, traveling to out of town games, and extreme personal dedication is finally paying off.

04/13/08 Dixie Derby Girls Empowered by Roller Rink Competition

The screech of rubber on hardwood floors echoes in the background as packs of women resembling Vikings on roller skates battle for points during a roller derby bout.

02/14/08 Dixie Derby Girls & Benchwarmer in '08

The Dixie Derby Girls had a great season in 2007. Now things are ready to ROLL for 2008. The league held tryouts in January and recruited new faces and hard hitters!

01/20/08 Roller Derby is 'super duper empowering'

Why do the Iraq veteran, the mother of five and the grad student of molecular biology skate? Make the jump to find out.

10/22/07 Night of the Living Rollergirls

Blood dripped off noses, arms and legs. Shirts were torn. It looked like zombies were wearing roller skates.

8/9/07 Skate Tough or Go Home!

Skate Tough or Go Home!! That's the motto for many of the Dixie Derby Girls of the TennesseeValley.

7/12/07 Derby Girls on big roll in hot sport, business


The grit-and-glamour sport of women’s roller derby is back. They’ll be throwing elbows and kicking butts at a skating rink near you soon.

7/08/07 hell on wheels


The grit-and-glamour sport of women’s roller derby is back. They’ll be throwing elbows and kicking butts at a skating rink near you soon.

7/08/07 hell on wheels multimedia slideshow

4/27/07 Joe Hunk skates with the Dixie Derby Girls as a part of the Jab Joe Thursday on The Mojo Radio Show (more) on WZYP

4/05/07 Bikini Beatdown

4/12/07 Roller derby returns with the 'Bikini Beatdown'

1/11/07 Tennessee Valley Girls...Are You Tough Enough?

1/04/07 Want to try out for roller derby?

9/07/06 Red Hot Revenge!!!!

4/13/06 Real Live Roller Derby - Finally

2/03/05 Roller Derby Queens Take Command of Huntsville