Yet another local sports documentary of interest... I guess the gang at Metro Sports isn't letting a local thing like being dropped by Channel 5 slow them down. Plus, I love the subject matter.
Watch Roller Warriors on Thursdays at 9:30pm starting January 15 on Metro Sports
Modern roller derby began in Austin, TX in 2001 and quickly spread worldwide, creating hundreds of leagues, in places like Kansas City where small leagues run "by the skater, for the skater" were started. This "new" roller derby is real, no fake fighting, no story lines, just action-packed pulse thumping action.
The Kansas City Roller Warriors are one of the premier leagues in the country, winning the National Championship in 2007, and are back for their 2008 season. Roller Warriors follows the home season when the four home teams; the Black-Eye Susans, Dreadnought Dorothys, Knockouts, and Victory Vixens take it to the track to compete for a league championship.
The Dreadnought Dorothys are the undefeated back-to-back league champions and team to beat. The Knockouts are the self described "prettiest team in the league" and are setting out to keep their reputation and win a few games along the way. The Victory Vixens were winless throughout the last season and under new leadership are hoping to turn things around. The Black-Eye Susans are packed with newcomers and are trying to keep up with teams filled with more veterans than new skaters. The 2008 season also brings the Texas Rollergirls, the originators of the modern game, to town for an important interleague bout. The Kansas City All-Stars had never beaten the "mothers of roller derby" but this year, with the confidence a national title brings, things could be different.
Roller Warriors explores the origins of the Kansas City Roller Warriors when a couple of librarians named Brooke and Mandy thought it would be fun to get on skates and knock each other around in a parking lot. Brooke and Mandy became Dirty Britches and Princess Anna Conda and have now grown to a league with 80 women and thousands of fans. These women are police officers, massage therapists, FedEx drivers and bartenders but when they get on the track, they're known as Patti Wackin, Annie Maul, Maiden Hell, Boobarella, Snot Rocket, and Ivana Clobber.
Roller Warriors will consist of seven 30-minute episodes airing between January 15 and February 26. To view trailers and read more, please visit kcondemand.com and click on the Roller Warriors logo.
About Metro Sports: Metro Sports, part of the Kansas City division of Time Warner Cable, is Kansas City's 24-hour all-sports television network. Metro Sports is available on Time Warner Cable Channel 30 and Comcast Channel 258 in Kansas City. It can also be seen on Sunflower Cable Channel 37 in Lawrence, KS. Metro Sports features live and taped telecasts of sporting events, studio shows, original documentary-style programs, blocks of ESPNEWS, and other sports programming.
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