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  2. RollerJam - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Kezar Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    The most regular tenant of Kezar Pavilion was the co-ed roller derby team, the San Francisco Bay Bombers. The Bombers skated home games at the venue from 1961 to the end of the original Roller Derby league in 1973. Games played by the Bombers were videotaped and shown to a TV network of more than 100 stations.

  4. Joan Weston - Wikipedia

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    After her Roller Derby career, she regularly played softball in San Francisco Bay Area leagues. [1] In 1997, at age 62, Weston succumbed to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in Hayward, California. [1] In 1999, her life story was sold to Goldie Hawn Productions. Roller Derby ceased operations in 1973 and as a result the most famous female skater in ...

  5. List of roller derby leagues - Wikipedia

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    National Roller Derby League (NRDL) – 1995–2004; initially promoted as Roller Derby Inc.; current site promotes the San Francisco Bay Bombers, etc. American Roller Derby League (ARDL) – 1997–2003; Owned by Tim Patten; briefly promoted as American Inline Roller Skating Derby League; Promoted the Bay City Bombers

  6. Oakland Arena - Wikipedia

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    The Bay Bombers (roller derby, 1966–1973) as well as the Golden Bay Earthquakes of the original MISL during the 1982–83 season and the Oakland Skates, a professional roller hockey team active from 1993 to 1995, all played there. WWE also holds professional wrestling shows at the arena.

  7. American Roller Skating Derby - Wikipedia

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    The American Roller Skating Derby (ARSD) was a professional roller derby league. As of 2012, the ARSD consisted of six teams: the San Francisco Bay Bombers, the Los Angeles Firebirds (formerly the San Diego Firebirds), the Chicago Pioneers, the Brooklyn Red Devils, the Eastern Chiefs (aka the New York Chiefs) and the Orlando Thunder.

  8. Category : 1990s American high school television series

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    Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series) Saved by the Bell; Saved by the Bell: The New Class; Scholastic Scrimmage; Sister, Sister (TV series) Smart Guy; The Steve Harvey Show; Strangers with Candy; Student Bodies (TV series) Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad; Sweet Valley High (TV series)

  9. American Roller Derby League - Wikipedia

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    The American Roller Derby League (ARDL) is a professional roller derby league formed in the late 1980s. Based in Northern California, the ARDL promotes teams whose names include the Bay City Bombers (the league's primary focus), the Los Angeles Turbos, the New York Demons, the Chicago Pioneers (a.k.a. the Chiefs), and three all-female teams, the East Bay Lady Killers, the SF Roller Girls, and ...