Skating to the Season’s End

By Alison McSherry
Roll Call Staff

April 28, 2008

Three days a week, dozens of women gather at the D.C. Armory. Clad in knee, elbow and wrist pads, they chase each other around a flat track on roller skates. Some get bloody noses, and others tear ligaments, but none of this stops them. These women are the D.C. Rollergirls.

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