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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Hongo de Rodillo!
Posted By Bill Frost on April 30, 2009, 4:32 PM
Apparently, this IS another publication in town that dares cover local roller derby: Ahora Utah, a Spanish newspaper, filed this story on the Salt City Derby Girls this week. Roughly translated, a fine piece--especially with lines that come through in English as "Roller Derby is fashionable in many girls 'army jackets' of Utah" and "the girls dressed and painted of gaudy form." I kid ... because I'll probably be working the Gringo Beat for Ahora eventually ...
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