I went to a women's roller derby match in DC on Saturday--good, clean, campy fun. When my fellow spectators heard I was from Baltimore, they were envious: Baltimore, it turns out, claims one of the more notable roller derby leagues in the country, the Charm City Roller Girls.
Remember roller derby? If not, you were probably born in the '80s or later. The sport was actually invented in the 1920s, but reached its heyday in the late '60s/early '70s, when women's banked track bouts were televised weekend afternoons. I don't know anyone who dreamed of growing up to be a roller derby star, but it was great tough-girl entertainment in pre-cable/Tivo times.