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RollerJam was the brainchild of Knoxville, Tennessee-based television writers Ross K. Bagwell Sr. and Stephen Land.Land, a boyhood fan of roller derby, was inspired to bring the sport back to television by an obituary for roller derby legend Joan Weston that he had read in The New York Times in May 1997, and shared his idea with Bagwell, his mentor, who gave him a positive response. [2]
The Tragic City Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 2005 Founded in 2005 Tragic City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
Chip and Joanna Gaines are bringing reality TV to a whole new level with the first-ever roller skating competition series!. PEOPLE got an exclusive first look at the trailer for the Magnolia ...
The show paved the way for a revival ten years later with the 1999 premiere of The New TNN's WSL RollerJam, where former RollerGames skaters Richard Brown, Patsy Delgado and Ray Robles skated. In January 2008, RollerGames coproducer David Sams announced that he "intends to put banked-track Roller Sports back on Television and the Internet in 2008."
This is a list of notable roller derby leagues, [note 1] and may include those that are no longer in existence. Existence dates, where known, are included to provide a timeline charting the sport's growth cycles.
Authorities in Alabama sifted through evidence and dozens of tips Monday as they worked to identify "multiple suspects" who opened fire in Birmingham's busy entertainment district over the weekend ...
A rider throws beads to the crowd as the over 1,100 riders of the Krewe of Zulu make their way down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day with their 44-float parade entitled "Celebrations and ...
Birmingham and its surrounding area. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...