Niyo in Rio: Detroit News Reporter Breaks Down First Weekend of 2016 Olympics

Michael Hayball Things are starting to get exciting down in Rio. American swimmer Katie Ledecky shattered her own 400-meter freestyle...

Detroit City FC Attracts More Fans, Spreads the Wealth

Detroit City Football Club averaged more than 5,000 fans per game during its first season at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck....

New Detroit Lion Changes Number out of Respect for Megatron

The Detroit Lions have a new receiver who says he is taking a new jersey number as a way to...

Tigers Return to Action vs. Royals

The Detroit Tigers host the Kansas City Royals Friday at Comerica Park. Detroit entered Major League Baseball's All-Star break with 46...

Detroit Olympian: Bora Gulari Sets Sail

GulariChafeeRacing.com Sandra Svoboda Detroiter Bora Gulari started sailing on a pond near Ann Arbor and developed his world-class career on the...

72-Year-Old Pole Vaulter Trains Michigan Olympic Hopefuls and Still Competes

Jake Neher/WDET The Summer Olympic Games in Rio are just around the corner. Some athletes are expressing concerns about traveling...

Pistons Draft Size, Scoring Ability

The Detroit Pistons chose a big man with a soft touch in the NBA Draft Thursday. They chose Marquette University...

The Life of Gordie Howe in His Own Voice

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Some of the best-known in the sport of hockey, and in the halls of government, paid tribute to...

Thousands say Final Goodbye to Hockey Legend Gordie Howe

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET   Thousands of people flooded into Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena to pay their final respects to the man...

Funeral, Visitation set for Gordie Howe

Preparations are set for memorials to the man known simply as Mr. Hockey. A public visitation will be held in...

Gordie Howe Dies

The sport of hockey has lost one of the brightest lights in its history.  Gordie Howe has died at age...

Tigers Great Horton says Players Must Put Fans First

Roughly a quarter of the way into the Major League Baseball season the Detroit Tigers are clawing their way back...