Gabby Logan’s call for Grandstand revival deserves to be taken seriously | Paul MacInnes


The BBC presenter’s suggestion to relaunch the old flagship after 10 years in mothballs and make minority sports its stars makes solid sense

Strange things happen at night on Twitter. Sadly for the world, that includes executive announcements by the commander-in-chief of the United States. But there are outcomes which are unexpectedly positive, and one such was Gabby Logan’s call for the return of Grandstand.

Logan may have made her suggestion after reading an Observer article on the long-departed Saturday TV staple but put that to one side and there is an interesting proposal worth discussing.

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