The Detroit Derby Girl Allstars, who represent the best of Detroit’s five derby league home teams on the road, flew to Boston to show Beantown what the Motor City has to offer. We won't spoil the outcome here but for an inside peek at the sport that boast the best-named players anywhere hit the link below.
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"There’s a growing movement to make derby an Olympic sport. Detroit’s Racer McChaseHer (Amy Ruby) also plays on Team USA — the current world champion team — in the international Derby World Cup.
The players on the Detroit team have been skating for 7-8 years, while the average career of a derby girl is just 4 or 5. The women range in age from 25 to 40, with Fatal Femme (Danielle Simone) as the eldest — and also a grandmother. The women range in occupations too, including nurse, lawyer, teacher, hairdresser, wedding designer and school bus driver."
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