The Steel City Derby Demons are revving up to bring you an weekend of fun, fundraising, derby, and mayhem! The events kick off on Friday, July 23 with the showing of “Brutal Beauty,” –a roller derby documentary– at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont.  Admission price is $7 Bring your dancin’ shoes on Saturday, July 24 [...]

by Michael Frighten’d Philadelphia, the fourth-ranked league in the nation, along with a large contingent of dedicated fans rode the Pennsylvania Turnpike west to take on the Steel City Derby Demons on July 17th at Glenshaw’s Romp ‘n’ Roll. On a blazingly hot day, the Independence Dolls soundly defeated the heretofore unbeaten B-Unit 142-28 and [...]

It was an exciting but ultimately disappointing night for the Steel City as we hosted the Philadelphia Roller Girls last night.  Currently ranked fourth in the nation, (compared with Steel City’s own ranking of sixteenth) Philadelphia’s experience was ultimately the lynch pin in a double defeat of both the B-Unit and Steel Hurtin’.  Thanks for coming to [...]

Last night was another amazing evening for roller derby in the steel city.  The Blitzburgh Bombers lived up to their name and performed a blitz assault on the NEO Rock and Roller Girls Audio Assault of Akron, OH.  Similarly, the Steel Hurtin’ was able to beat the girls from the Burning River Roller Girls of [...]

by Michael Frighten’d The Pittsburgh-Cleveland sports rivalry is generally overstated. In football, it’s more of an acceptance of one-sided bullying by the Steelers over the Browns than a true competitive rivalry. In other major professional sports, either one city or the other doesn’t even have a team or they’re in different leagues and rarely play [...]