Local Alt-Sports to Help You Think Outside the Gridiron

Texas Roller Derby (photo by Ralph Arvesen / CC by-NC 2.0) If you're new to town, no doubt you'll be hearing about the major sports in the area. It...

August 18, 2022
11:44 AM

Texas Roller Derby (photo by Ralph Arvesen / CC by-NC 2.0) If you're new to town, no doubt you'll be hearing about the major sports in the area. It's tough to miss UT football news, especially on home game days when the campus and surrounding area become a sea of burnt orange and white. But in Austin, we try to keep it weird, so we've rounded up some of the more unique sports and recreational activities to participate in or watch. This doesn't even include sports in the off-season, including major and minor league rugby (Austin Gilgronis, Huns, and Blacks), our two Ultimate teams (Sol and Torch), one of America's longest-running full-contact women's football teams (Austin Outlaws), and several Quidditch teams, including national champions Longhorn Quidditch and another band of Austin Outlaws, repping ATX in Major League Quidditch, which will be renamed "Quadball" next season.

Kat McNevins