Sometime between now and the next five years, Roller Derby is going to make its big splash on the sports landscape. It may be short lived ( remember Major League Roller Hockey? ) it may be sustained (see: the goddam X-Games, which refuse to relent). It also may happen sooner rather than later. Defending National Women’s Flat Track Derby Champs Gotham Girls Roller Derby kicked off their 2009 campaign with a throttling, a throuncing, a veritable beating down of the Boston Massacre All-Stars on Saturday, with a 188-44 victory in front of sizable crowd at LIU Brooklyn campus on Saturday (check out the full house here).

This is only the latest instance in the interest in Hell on Wheels heating up. ESPN aired a feature last year on the Roller Derby revival, and many media outlets have followed suit (Check out Metromix’s feature on the Gotham Girls). Not to mention, the movie that Drew Barrymore and Juno are making ( Whip It! set for release sometime in 2009).

In honor of Roller Derby’s return for what might be the sport’s break-out year, let’s do a comment contest…




The person who comes up with the best caption for this photo ( flickr photo credit: Insanity Labs ) gets all this stuff from No Fear:

(2) No Fear Hoodies

(2) No Fear T-shirts

(1) No Fear Bloodshot Hat

(1) 12-pack of the new No Fear Bloodshot Energy Drink

(1) Lamb of God’s latest CD “Wrath”!!!!!

(1) Sticky Bumps Surf Wax

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Second place gets to come to my house, tie me up, and aurally feed me the song stylings of Lamb of God. You just have to figure out where I live.