The Detroit Red Wings have made their first real trade deadline splash during Steve Yzerman’s tenure as general manager, acquiring defenseman Justin Faulk.

Ilitch Sports + Entertainment has unveiled a new year-round broadcast home for locally televised Detroit Tigers and Red Wings games.

There’s a buzz around downtown Detroit, and Visit Detroit says tens of thousands of fans are expected to be at the center of it as the Pistons return home for a playoff game at Little Caesars Arena.

Jalen Rose has faced packed arenas, national television audiences, and high-stakes playoff moments, but nothing quite like this.

Despite a heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Detroit Pistons President Trajan Langdon made one thing clear: the franchise believes its rapid rise is only the beginning.

The No. 1-seeded Detroit Pistons’ playoff run ended Sunday at Little Caesars Arena with a 125-94 loss to the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7.

The Detroit Lions and star linebacker Jack Campbell have agreed to a new contract extension after originally declining his fifth-year option.

The Detroit Lions' 2026 schedule was released Thursday, giving fans a clearer picture of a franchise entering the season with high expectations after a turbulent but closely contested 2025 campaign.

Angel Martínez hit a tiebreaking triple in the 10th inning, José Ramírez followed with an RBI double and the Cleveland Guardians beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 3-2.

Tuesday night at Comerica Park, after a thunderstorm rolled through downtown Detroit for a second consecutive afternoon, a large group of mainly male Tigers fans decided to get some relief from the humid air by taking their shirts off and waving them above their heads.

The Detroit City Council approved the Detroit City Football Club’s 15,000-seat and 421-space parking deck with a 76-unit apartment building of affordable housing at the site of the former Southwest Detroit Hospital in Southwest Detroit.

Detroit Football Club employee Jarrett M. Maki, 25, has been charged with 11 felony counts of making terrorist threats in Madison County.

The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team, in conjunction with Players Era, MGM Resorts International, and ESPN, announced that the reigning, defending 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament national champions will return to Las Vegas to defend their title.

The reigning, defending 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament national champions, the Michigan Wolverines, have announced an exhibition tour in Lithuania and Croatia ahead of the regular season.

Reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Matthew Stafford has agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2027 season with the Los Angeles Rams.

Alexi Lalas has criticized U.S. soccer players for citing pressure ahead of the World Cup at home.

Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner is finally getting into Northern Iowa's athletic hall of fame.

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally won a major trophy with Al-Nassr.

Alexander Rossi hobbled into his Indianapolis 500 media day interview on crutches Thursday.

The United States has a new injury worry three weeks before the start of the World Cup.

The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team, in conjunction with Players Era, MGM Resorts International, and ESPN, announced that the reigning, defending 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament national champions will return to Las Vegas to defend their title.

Marlins left-hander Robby Snelling will undergo surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.

Grand Rapids native and WBO NABO Lightweight Champion Joshua “JJ” Pagan will make his second title defense against Mexico’s Rodolfo Bustamante Salazar on June 14 at GLC Live at 20 Monroe.

While frustration mounts across big-time college sports, the leader of the agency formed to police NIL payments has a simple reminder: These are the rules you wrote.

Scottie Scheffler won’t be the wire-to-wire winner of his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson again this year.

The Detroit Lions and star linebacker Jack Campbell have agreed to a new contract extension after originally declining his fifth-year option.

Katherine Legge missed the Indianapolis 500 media day festivities Thursday because of a flight delay in New York.

Howard Fendrich, a longtime national sports writer for The Associated Press, has died at 55.

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Stubal threw his third bullpen session since his rehab program from elbow surgery began.

Philadelphia Eagles edge rusher Nolan Smith Jr. was arrested last week in Georgia for driving 135 mph in a 70 mph zone.

Some lucky New York City residents will soon get a chance to snag cheap seats to this summer’s high-priced World Cup.

Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, has died.

Jannik Sinner is set to begin his quest for a career Grand Slam at the French Open this weekend.

Berlin’s state parliament has given the go-ahead for the city’s bid to rehost the Olympic Games on or after the 100th anniversary of the 1936 Games staged by the Nazis.

Ed Orgeron returned to LSU’s football program Wednesday, seven years after he coached the Tigers to the 2019 national title.

Shohei Ohtani returned to his full two-way form for the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego, and the results were formidable.

A Western Conference Final loaded with offensive firepower was ignited by the unlikeliest of sparkplugs.

Victor Wembanyama fouled Jalen Williams on a shot attempt in the opening minutes of Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night.

Trey Yesavage outpitched Cam Schlittler in a marquee matchup between young aces, and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the New York Yankees 2-1.

Carter Hart has made a strong comeback with the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch of the game before throwing five sharp innings of three-hit ball in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-0 victory over the San Diego Padres.

The MVP looked like the MVP again, and the Western Conference finals are knotted up.

Dylan Coghlan scored his first Stanley Cup playoff goal to get Vegas rolling, Carter Hart made 36 saves and the Golden Knights opened the Western Conference final by holding off the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Angel Martínez hit a tiebreaking triple in the 10th inning, José Ramírez followed with an RBI double and the Cleveland Guardians beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 3-2.

Thunder guard Jalen Williams, who missed six games earlier in these playoffs with a strained left hamstring, was ruled out for the second half of Game 2 of Oklahoma City’s matchup against the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night.

Once again, San Antonio guard De’Aaron Fox tried to go through a pregame workout.

Dallas’ Cooper Flagg, Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel and Philadelphia’s VJ Edgecombe were all unanimous first-team selections for the NBA’s All-Rookie team, which was unveiled Wednesday night.

Jalen Brunson against Donovan Mitchell was the matchup splashed across the screens to hype the Eastern Conference finals.

A former arbitrator of NCAA infractions cases says Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby faces an uphill fight trying to force the NCAA to stand down on enforcing the policy that permanently bans athletes who are found to have wagered on their own team.

Alex Palou senses a change among IndyCar fans these days.

Nashville has given a hint of what the NFL and football fans can expect in 2030 from Music City for Super Bowl 64.

The Big Ten is pushing to expand the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, but the question is who will televise it.

Aaron Rodgers says his 22nd season in the NFL will be his last.

Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was a difficult decision, and his alone, to remove Jason Kidd as the team’s coach after five seasons.

At times, especially early, the Colorado Avalanche looked disjointed on defense.

Call it a comeback.

Southampton’s appeal against its expulsion from the Championship playoff final because of spying offenses was dismissed.

Victor Wembanyama is heading back to France next season with the San Antonio Spurs.

Players at the French Open are planning a media protest over prize money.

Drenched in rain, hundreds of South Koreans have cheered the North Korean visitors during a rare soccer match between the divided countries as Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC defeated host Suwon 2-1 against the backdrop of political tensions.