{"id":39702,"date":"2016-04-15T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=39702"},"modified":"2016-04-15T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:52:01","slug":"more-than-a-sport-windy-city-rollers-is-a-place-to-call-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/more-than-a-sport-windy-city-rollers-is-a-place-to-call-home\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a sport, Windy City Rollers is &#8220;a place to call home&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By Raquel Zaldivar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 161994061 w=474]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">For members\u00a0of Chicago&#8217;s\u00a0Windy City Rollers\u2014an\u00a0all-female\u00a0roller derby team formed in 2005\u2014there&#8217;s more to the sport than skating and blocking on the flat track. The more than two-dozen\u00a0women athletes on the squad also find a place to call home.<\/p>\n<p>One\u00a0skater\u00a0named Shake n Bake (team members prefer to be called by their derby names),\u00a0is starting her second season with\u00a0Windy City. When she first joined the team, she knew she liked the physicality of the sport. Soon\u00a0after\u00a0riding on the track for the first time, she also found confidence, and\u00a0built\u00a0a growing network of friends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: The Windy City Rollers competed in their home opener against the Milwaukee\u2019s Brewcity Bruisers\u00a0on April 2 (Raquel Zaldivar\/MEDILL).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Raquel Zaldivar [vimeo 161994061 w=474] For members\u00a0of Chicago&#8217;s\u00a0Windy City Rollers\u2014an\u00a0all-female\u00a0roller derby team formed in 2005\u2014there&#8217;s more to the sport than skating and blocking on the flat track. 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