Video - Kansas City Roller Warriors - Channel 9 - September 12, 2004

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The Rise of The Kansas City Roller Warriors
Published 5/16/2008 by Mike (noreply@blogger.com) at Steady Burn
Awful Announcing posted yesterday that ESPN will be airing a special report on the revival of roller derby around the country on SportsCenter on Sunday. With no insider’s knowledge of what this report will entail, my prediction is that either you’ll hear a great deal about Brooke Leavitt…or ESPN will miss completely. Leavitt is one of three women who in 2004 started the Kansas City Roller Warriors league, which started its fifth season earlier this Spring. Like her cofounders – Eanna Johnson and Mandy Durham – Leavitt works a day job (she’s a librarian) and practices and competes with her team The ...

You Needn't Have Two Arms to Kick Ass [Roller Derby Redux]
Published 5/17/2008 by Unsilent Majority at Deadspin
Earlier in the week Awful Announcing 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. With no insider’s knowledge of what this report will entail, my prediction is that either you’ll hear a great deal about Brooke Leavitt…or ESPN will miss completely. Leavitt is one of three women who in 2004 started the Kansas City Roller Warriors league, which started its ...