Richmond Confidential, Carah Herring
November 28, 2009 – “A group of Richmond women is enjoying bragging rights over Oakland, because they are the reigning 2009 champions of the Bay Area Derby Girls league. The Richmond Wrecking Belles skated to a perfect 4-0 season, beating the Oakland Outlaws in the fall showdown at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center.”
Why are Murs & Slug on the B.A.D. Girls Site? Because the video for “Felt Chewed Up” features:
J.Crush, Lady Kiss Off, Nina Beretta, thanks to the directors, Alexander Tarrant and Justin Metros – YOU RULE!
Oakland North, Shannon Service
November 12, 2009 Oakland – “Some families hand down dishware and handmade quilts. Other families hand down aliases, casino luck, and hip-smashing, hard-hitting, skirt-rocking roller sports. Jane Hammer’s family falls into the second category.”
NBC 11 Bay Area Around Town, Josh Keppel
October 26, 2009 San Francisco “The end of the 2009 B.A.D. Girls all-woman flat-track roller derby season looked just like the end of the 2008 season, with the Richmond Wrecking Belles going up against the Oakland Outlaws to determine who would get bragging rights going into the winter hiatus.”
Slashfood.com by Michael Thomas Hastings
August 31, 2009 — Brian Feeds Bacon to Derby Girls
“If Brian Boitano’s Food Network debut had us a little worried, the mere description of episode two gave us hope: “While hosting a dinner party of an all-girl roller derby team, Brian creates simple yet delicious recipes using bacon.” Roller derby and bacon? It’s like poetry to our ears. …”
The F – Word.org – by Rachel Richardson
August 12, 2009 – “Rollergirls work up an appetite on Food Network
“…the series premiere of What Would Brian Boitano Make? featuring the Olympic gold medalist figure skater and sometimes “South Park” caricature. Boitano kicks off his new show by inviting the San Francisco Bay Area Derby Girls for a dinner party where he knocks back a few bacon martinis with the team. Bacon booze? Seriously?!”
San Francisco Bay Guardian
July 29, 2009 – “Best Non-Professional Sports Team” = The B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
NBC 11 Bay Area Around Town, Josh Keppel
April 23, 2009 – San Francisco “You know that universally depressing feeling of being in a bar when all-of-the-sudden, the music stops, the lights flick on, and you realize your time is up?”
Derby News Network.com, Busta Armov & Hurt Reynolds
April 18, 2009 — B.A.D. Girls All-Stars v. Angel City Hollywood Scarlets