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...

Bayview Mackinac Race Launches 92nd Edition

Organizers of one of Michigan’s most historic boat contests are launching this year’s edition of the Bayview Mackinac race. The...

Penske Shows Power at Detroit Grand Prix

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET   Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Team Penske showed its strength during the weekend’s Indycar races at the Detroit Grand Prix...

Castroneves Hopes Detroit Puts Poor Indy Finish in Rearview Mirror

The race drivers who brought roughly 300,000 fans to their feet at last weekend’s Indy 500 are setting up shop...

Penske says Detroit Grand Prix has Greatly Improved Belle Isle

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The man who originally moved this weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix to Belle Isle says the event is helping...

Legendary Driver Andretti says Indycar Racing Climbing Back from Abyss

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The stars of Indycar racing are preparing for next weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix. But they have a stop...

Baylor Scandal Raises Questions Around College Football Ethics

Michael Hayball News from Baylor University rocked the college football world yesterday as head coach Art Briles was fired for...

Mow Mow Mow or Grow

A volunteer troupe of people armed with weed whackers, rakes and mowers is kicking off its sixth season attacking grass...

Put Down the Cell Phone and Watch the Pool

As summer approaches public safety and health officials in Oakland County are kicking off a water safety education campaign. Last year...

Mitch Albom’s New Musical An Ode to Hockeytown

Jay Tafilowski Before Mitch Albom was a novelist and fiction writer he was a longtime sports writer and also an accomplished musician....