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
Grandstand Speedway. They may also be found at fairgrounds, circuses, and outdoor arenas used for rodeos. In the United States, smaller stands are called bleachers, and are usually far more basic and typically single-tiered (hence the difference from a "grand stand"). Early baseball games were often staged at fairgrounds, and the term "grandstand" came along when standalone baseball parks began to be built. A covered bleacher may be called a "pavilion", also to distinguish from the main "grandstand". The pejorative verb "grandstanding" is often applied to politicians or other public figures perceived to be using tactics designed to call attention to