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DeKalb group aims to bring back roller derby

DeKalb group aims to bring back roller derby

By Jen Weddle | November 7, 2012

Roller derby was a dying sport, but some DeKalb residents are fighting to bring it back to life. The Barbed Wire Betties, a new women’s roller derby team, can be found training at 7:30 p.m. Fridays at the YMCA, 2500 Bethany Road. There are women from...