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Hell on wheels: don't let the pious name fool you. As Sister Mary Jane of the Lonestar Rollergirls league, I play for keeps.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-NOV-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Hell on wheels: don't let the pious name fool you. As Sister Mary Jane of the Lonestar Rollergirls league, I play for keeps.(Roller Derby competitions)

Article Excerpt
I tried out for the Lonestar Rollergirls in March of last year. I had been playing basketball with the City of Austin men's league, and most of my friends knew me as the tough girl. One weekend when I was out of town, my friends went and saw a roller derby bout. And when I got back, they were like, "We have found the thing for you. You get to beat the crap out of girls." I'd never seen roller derby, not even on TV, so I didn't know what the rules were or if it was staged or real. And I hadn't roller-skated since the sixth grade. But I just went to the tryouts and told myself, "This is your one...

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