Roller Derby: wheelin’ and revealin’

PHILADELPHIA, PA - By day, these women are professionals, teachers and bartenders.

By night, they go by Ida Banger, Miss Fortune, Legz Bennedict and R2-DCup.

And on Saturday night — clad in the unofficial uniform of two parts body art with one part clothing — they descended upon a converted Class of 1923 Arena to open the 2010 Philly Roller Girls roller derby season.

Think speed skating meets rugby, with decidedly amateur athletes. Each team’s “jammer” tries to skate through the “pack,” which consists of four blockers per squad. After clearing the pack once, the jammer speeds around and attempts to pass through the pack again, earning one point for every subsequent opposing blocker she passes.

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