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"Life in Egypt can get pretty restrictive sometimes and it's nice to have a place to go, where you can leave it all on the court and be who you want and act how you want," says NoFeartiti. "Your teammates ask you to be aggressive and race around the track. That's really freeing and brings out certain aspects of your personality that you probably haven't thought about before." From a piece in The National about Egypt's CaiRollers.

The Sun wrote a feature, including profiles of some of the London Rollergirls and other local leagues.

NBC41 in Georgia featured the Middle Georgia Derby Demons' Cherry Blossom Brawl.

The Good Times has an excellent in-depth profile of the Santa Cruz Derby Girls, by Kim Luke, a former skater. The piece includes a great history and the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Roller Derby. An excerpt:

"3. Put First Things First. Prioritize, plan, and execute your week's tasks based on importance rather than urgency.

Translation: Shut up and skate.

InkedMag featured an interview with Suzy Hotrod, covering subjects such as how Suzy got into roller derby, whether it is actually a violent sport, and why she thinks there's so much ink on derby girls.

Anya Heels wrote a piece about her involvement in roller derby and the sport's intensifying athleticism and competitiveness for the Seattle Times.

With so much great coverage of the sport happening, we thought we'd highlight some of the biggest and/or best instances of roller derby in the media.

Miss Anthrope from Central Maine Derby writes about how derby saved her life (not just her soul) for the Bangor Daily News.

The Miami Herald profiles Danielle Shaffner and Miami's Vice City Rollers.

It's just another LA Derby Dolls wedding...

You may have seen LADD skater and fitness coach Suzy Snakeyes' fabulous Doll Factory wedding spread in Offbeat Bride. Now see her former Tough Cookies teammate Mary's fabulous Derby Tiki wedding article!

Did you have a derby (non-derby spouse) wedding? We want to see! Post evidence here, in the comments!