It was something of a cultural phenomenon back in the day. Roller Derby was a boisterous niche entertainment option in these parts that featured both men and women in what amounted to equal roles.

SAN BRUNO -- Ann Calvello, the original "Roller Derby Queen" known for intimidating rivals and even teammates while skating well into her 60s, has died of liver cancer. She was 76. The roller derby ...

Ann Theresa Calvello was an American athlete and notable personality in the sport of roller derby. Calvello competed in roller derby for seven decades, the 1940s through the 2000s. She broke into the ...

Long before cartoonish show-wrestling made its incongruous comeback, the undisputed Ugly 'Murrican athletic melodrama of choice was roller derby. And no figure loomed larger in that arena than Ann ...

SAN BRUNO — Ann Calvello, the original "Roller Derby Queen" known for intimidating rivals and even teammates while skating well into her 60s, has died of liver cancer. She was 76. The roller derby ...

Roller derby legend Ann Calvello, now in her 70s, refuses to give up the limelight. She is still bashing heads on the banked track of any upstart league that will have her and still acting like the ...