Daily News: Firefighters to take on L.A. Derby Dolls in broomball game

Firefighters to take on L.A. Derby Dolls in broomball game

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Updated: 01/12/2010 08:15:48 AM PST

 City firefighters will compete on ice against a women's roller derby team in a "non-contact" round of broomball on Thursday, with donations going to the department's Widows, Orphans and Disabled Firemen's Fund.

The LAFD and the Los Angeles Derby Dolls have traded taunts to draw attention to the showdown for charity.

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NBC.com: Derby Dolls v. LAFD

This is not your older brother's broomball.

We know, he used to pull his ramshackle truck up to the rink late at night. Then, clad only in ripped jeans, a tee and old tennies, he'd push a broom around and yell good-natured insults at his pals until they all got tired and went home.

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Losanjealous.com: LA Derby Dolls Championship Bout

Photo by Stalkerazzi F/8.Yea, Lords and Ladies of the merrie village of Los Angeles! Let the Bard DF tell you a tale! Tis a tale of brave wheeled damsels who wage battle at yon Doll Factory. Hardy of spirit and fleet of skate, these ladies circumnavigate ye olde banked track, laughing the face of Dame Fortune (and her irascible cousin, Lady Brokenleg, who DF found to be a real bitch) in search of glory, fame, and sweet, sweet victory. Read on, and you shall hear the story of a bout so scintillating that ‘twould cause even the stoutest knight to defecate in his suit of armor, and the veil of the daintiest maiden to burst into flames and reduce her to a naught but a heap of ash.

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DNN: LADD Tough Cookies Take CA Banked Title

Photo by Stalkerazzi F/8.LOS ANGELES, CA - The LA Derby Dolls Tough Cookies led the San Diego Derby Dolls Swarm from the first whistle and through most of the game to take the first co-league Derby Dolls Championship, 107-91.

Video of this game can be viewed on the Derby Dolls justin.tv channel.

Less than a month ago, the SDDD Swarm and LADD Tough Cookies met, both with 3-0 records. While the Cookies came within 6 points with two minutes left in the game, the Swarm prevailed with a final score of 94-79, leaving them undefeated with a 4-0 record and the Cookies with 3-1.  There were six ejections in that game, two of them members of the Swarm.

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LAist: Tough Cookies for the Swarm

The Los AnPhoto by Mike Zampelli.geles Derby Dolls' Tough Cookies became two-time champions on Saturday night when they challenged the previously-undefeated Swarm at the packed Doll Factory. Final score: Cookies 107 - Swarm 91.

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