One-Armed Woman Dominates Kansas City Roller Derby

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 One-Armed Woman Dominates Kansas City Roller Derby
After losing her arm in a car accident early in life at the age of 3, librarian-by-day Brooke Leavitt launched the Kansas City Roller Warriors, an all-women roller derby league entering their fifth season this spring. Kudos to Awful Announcing for letting me know about the SportsCenter segment on roller derby, airing this Sunday. [link]

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HHR Hugs It Out [5.16.08]
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hugging Harold Reynolds) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
... Want to help the Round Mound with his debt? Drop a Dim for Chuck. (flatusyahu) Mark Schlereth Commits Goatee Fraud (The Sports Hernia) Rings or the Hall? (Brahsome) 1-Armed Bandit Dominate Roller Derby (Steady Burn) Get Todd Jones a Beer (Fanhouse) Nats' Post-Game Handshake Culture Clash (Mr. Irrelevant) Today on Gem Mint Ten: What's That Smell? What We Do Rock Out With Your Jocks Out Fan Friday ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Published 5/16/2008 by DCScrap (noreply@blogger.com) at EPIC CARNIVAL | SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
... (Empty The Bench) Satan debuts in Cubbie blue. (Rumors and Rants) Joe Borowski + $1 Beer Night = Partay! (Waiting For Next Year) Voodoo Sabermetrics of Ken Griffey Jr. (Babes Love Baseball) A reason to never borrow money from friends. (Cuzoogle) EA Sports SEC screenshots. (Loser with Socks) Vince Young likes to party. Topless. With men. (Don Chavez) One armed woman dominates Kansas City Roller Derby. (Steady Burn) ...

Reading That's Easy On The Eyes
Published 5/16/2008 by Erie's Scribe (noreply@blogger.com) at The Legend of Cecilio Guante
... Hello Legend reader, it seems like a good time to spin you around the blogosphere and look at some tantalizing material. First stop is at Steady Burn, where they have a feature about a one-armed roller derby star. I always thought that roller derby was fake, like the WWE. But, it does remind me of when I was a young buck getting into bars on a fake id. There were stories of a great one-armed fooseball player who could beat the pants off of any two-armed counterpart. He was like a mix of this roller girl and Kaiser Soze. ...

This Week in Bloggernets: Now appearing on The Big Lead
Published 5/17/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... ) -- Saturday morning inspiration? This woman dominates in roller hockey -- with an arm missing. ( Steady Burn ) -- Jon Tomase's apology letter about his false story in the Boston Herald has generated more than 770 comments... and counting. ( ...

Daily Dump: Busted Coverage Now Hiring, Marisa Miller In Oil, A Barkley Gambling Song And One Armed Bandit
Published 5/17/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... news stories. Contact us: mail@bustedcoverage.com Today’s Dump: The remix of the Charles Barkley gambling song should be fun [Ryan Parker] FSU president says football playoff inevitable [AP] How ‘Bout Them Cowboys! ticket prices [Dallas Morning News] Yet another debate on hottest college cheerleaders [College OTR] The one-armed bandit of women’s roller derby [Steady Burn] The reason to go see Captain Thunder (NSFW) [on205th ...

You Needn't Have Two Arms to Kick Ass [Roller Derby Redux]
Published 5/17/2008 by Unsilent Majority at Deadspin
... reported that ESPN will air a feature on the ratings bonanza that is roller derby on tomorrow's SportsCenter. Brian was obviously a bit befuddled by at the idea of roller derby getting significant airtime on the network's flagship show, but the blog Steady Burn has an idea of what ESPN might have in mind. ...

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