Helen Rollason "Helen Rollason: The Bravest Fight", a 30-minute documentary presented by Peter Sissons in which friends and colleagues paid tribute to her. Her autobiography, "Life's Too Short", was published posthumously in 2000. As the first female presenter of "Grandstand", Helen Rollason was a pioneer of British sports broadcasting, an industry that was predominantly male at the time, and she established a precedent that allowed others to follow. Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine, Gail McKenna, Shelley Webb and Gabby Logan all followed in Rollason's footsteps to become noted UK sports presenters, with Logan joining ITV as their first female sports presenter in the
Shulthis Stadium Grandstand and there is a myth that the ball landed 600 feet away on Monkey Island. Burleigh Grimes, the famous spitball pitcher, was a manager for the Independence Yankees. The Independence Yankees were a Class D minor league team affiliated with the New York Yankees. One of the most famous visiting players was Satchel Paige, who pitched for the Harlem Globetrotters at the stadium in 1954. Other visiting teams included the House of David, Kansas City Monarchs, and the Memphis Red Sox. The Kansas Preservation Alliance had listed the grandstand on their endangered places in 2014. On August 8, 2015 the