The Detroit Pistons are talking about preparing for their first home playoff game inside Little Caesars Arena after six years, when they’ll play host to the New York Knicks.

On April 15, 1952, the first octopus was thrown onto the ice at Olympia Stadium.

The kickoff times have been announced for four Michigan State football games in 2025.

Michigan State offensive lineman Luke Newman was drafted by the Chicago Bears on Saturday, in the 6th round of the NFL Draft.

Young star Tyrese Haliburton, who is making a name for himself on his road to the NBA Finals, is still in disbelief that the Detroit Pistons passed on him in the NBA Draft.

The Detroit Pistons have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs, but one of their former players is four wins away from capturing the second championship of his young career.

Detroit Lions fans are in for some exciting news for the upcoming 2025 NFL season, as Delta Air Lines has announced an increase in services and the creation of additional capacity at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) for some of the most highly anticipated away games.

A recent Detroit Lions player was kicked out of church over the weekend after he stood and raised questions about alleged pornography use by a priest.

Fan bases of Major League Baseball’s best teams, the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, came together to sell out Comerica Park during the weekend series.

While leading 10-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, right-handed relief pitcher Dylan Smith, known as “The Real Deal” in front of his family, made his debut.

The new timeline suggests that work is expected to begin before the end of this summer.

Council members approved reimbursing the club for the demolition of the vacant Southwest Detroit Hospital, which will serve as the site for the new stadium.

The Michigan Wolverines have landed 2026 four-star edge rusher McHale Blade.

The Michigan Wolverines are set to take on Wake Forest this season on Nov. 11 at Little Caesars Arena for the Wolverine-Deacon Challenge.

There’s a giant, gold-outlined rat emblazoned on the hat that dangles in Brad Marchand’s locker.

Deion Sanders hasn't attended football camps in Boulder, Colorado, this spring.

Victor Wembanyama is in China, and it’s not all about vacation.

The Mexican national soccer team will change hotels in Los Angeles ahead of their Gold Cup match on Saturday because of safety concerns amid the protests against immigration raids in the city.

Online abuse related to sports betting decreased during the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournaments compared with the prior year.

Aaron Rodgers is ready to take the practice field for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Now that the NCAA has taken care of its business, its president wants Congress to deliver.

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook put aside his contract concerns — and avoided the potential of being fined — by attending the start of the team’s three-day mandatory series of practices.

A year from the largest World Cup ever, there has been no announcement on general ticket sales, prices for most seats, location of a draw and security arrangements as FIFA mostly avoids disclosing details of an event set for 16 stadiums across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Mark Wahlberg is in town for the Feldman Auto Children’s Miracle Network Celebrity Invitational.

Women’s Champions League winner Arsenal has pledged to use the club’s 60,000-seat main stadium for all home games in the domestic league next season.

Rising prospects and contenders from Michigan delivered standout performances at a boxing event on June 6, in Verona, NY as part of the International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend.

The Michigan Wolverines have landed 2026 four-star edge rusher McHale Blade.

Fan bases of Major League Baseball’s best teams, the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, came together to sell out Comerica Park during the weekend series.

The Edmonton Oilers took the ice for practice the day after the wheels came off in a 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Otto Kemp went undrafted out of Point Loma Nazarene University in California.

Andy Pages led off the 10th inning with an RBI double before scoring on Tommy Edman’s single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on to open their season series against the San Diego Padres with an 8-7 victory.

Rookie center fielder Denzel Clarke made yet another spectacular catch for the Athletics, this time reaching high above the wall to rob the Los Angeles Angels’ Nolan Schanuel of a home run.

In a single shift, Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett showed why he’s been one of the most unstoppable players in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Xander Schauffele concedes to being a sick person because he loves the U.S. Open.

The Boston Red Sox called up top prospect Roman Anthony two days after the 21-year-old outfielder hit a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester.

Philadelphia’s host city executive for the 2026 World Cup says organizers accept that an immigration crackdown by the U.S. federal government may be among the outside events that impact next year’s tournament.

The normally budget-conscious Arizona Diamondbacks have been willing to spend big money over the past several years, taking chances on the notoriously volatile market of free agent starting pitching.

Caitlin Clark will sit out a fifth consecutive game with a quadriceps strain when Indiana visits Atlanta on Tuesday.

Matt Vogt is trading a drill for a driver at the U.S. Open.

The attorney for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco says he will ask the court to exonerate his client of all charges in a sexual abuse case involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes.

Conference commissioners lauded a judge’s approval of a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement as a means for bringing stability and fairness to an out-of-control college athletics industry.

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The Cincinnati Bengals are releasing linebacker Germaine Pratt, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale is sticking around college basketball with a new contract extension and a new event named in his honor.

The takeaways from Carlos Alcaraz’s fifth-set tiebreaker victory over Jannik Sinner in the French Open men’s final are multiple and significant.

The Indiana Pacers simply couldn’t wait to get home early Monday.

Jaire Alexander has been released by the Green Bay Packers, ending a seven-year run in which he emerged as one of the NFL’s top cornerbacks before injuries limited his availability.

Last month, Scottie Scheffler made mention of a trend in golf design that rubs him wrong -- removing trees from courses.

A capsule look at key anniversaries this year for the U.S. Open, a list that includes Ben Hogan at Merion in 1950 and Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach in 2000.

The moment is clearly not too big for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

A 4-3 defeat at San Francisco dropped the Atlanta Braves to 10 games under.

Carlos Narváez put Boston ahead with a three-run homer against his former team, and the Red Sox overcame two home runs by Aaron Judge in an 11-7 victory over the New York Yankees.

For the Indiana Pacers, a chance at being perfect in Games 1 and 2 of these playoffs went awry.

Hall of Fame coach Don Nelson was not a fan of the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic — and chose his footwear for Game 2 of the NBA Finals accordingly.

Manny Pacquiao’s fighting days aren’t finished yet, as he’s coming out of retirement at 46 for a shot at another title next month.

Denny Hamlin outlasted the competition at Michigan, winning his third NASCAR Cup Series race this season and the 57th of his career.

U.S. Open week is off to a soggy start at Oakmont.

Don Nelson has been invited to the NBA Finals countless times in recent years, always declining those opportunities.

The Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight year.