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The C-U Rollers take Champaign by storm

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"My name is Shelia Hurt and that is my legitimate name, not my derby name-everybody asks me that."

Meet Sheila. If you passed by her on the street, you probably wouldn't think that she was too out of the ordinary. But that couldn't be more untrue. Sheila Hurt is one of the founding mothers of the C-U Rollers, a rapidly growing Champaign-Urbana roller derby team....

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Zaza Lupinski

posted 5/05/10 @ 12:23 PM CST

Did anyone who actually knows how to play roller derby read this article before it got printed? Jammers are not playing defense and pivots do not play offense except under very special circumstances. Hurt's explanation of the lineup: a jammer, pivot, and 4 blockers, is also not correct and would get her team a major Illegal Procedure penalty for having too many players on the track.

There is another team in the area that you don't even bother to mention in the paragraph on competition: the Twin City Derby Girls, who are having their first public bout at the end of May, are right here in Champaign-Urbana, too.
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