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Free agency opens in the NHL at noon Wednesday, July 28.

The Detroit Red Wings have signed Luke Witkowski to a two-year contract.

The Detroit Pistons selected Oklahoma State point guard Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.

The Pistons are trading center Mason Plumlee and the No. 37 pick to Charlotte for the No. 57 pick, ESPN reports.

The Detroit Lions open 2021 training camp on Wednesday in Allen Park, and honestly, there’s not much to talk about.

Can you help us settle a little newsroom debate? Which Detroit sports team will have the best winning percentage next season?

The Detroit Tigers almost blew a 10-run lead, then almost blew a seven-run lead, allowed seven home runs and still managed to beat the Twins and earn a series victory.

Jeimer Candelario and Eric Haase each drove in three runs and the Detroit Tigers, despite giving up seven homers and not hitting any, outlasted the Minnesota Twins 17-14.

Detroit City Football Club has become a true grassroots success story -- but the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic brought everything to a halt.

Men's and women's teams will both take the field at Keyworth Stadium this season.

Michigan basketball’s Franz Wagner was selected by the Orlando Magic with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.

The Buffalo Sabres have the first pick in an NHL draft on Friday night.

With the NFL Draft starting Thursday night, there’s a player coming out of that may be familiar to Michiganders.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten Kansas City left-hander Danny Duffy in a trade as the World Series champions boosted their rotation for a playoff push.

The Detroit Pistons selected Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night.

The Detroit Pistons selected Oklahoma State point guard Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.

Simone Biles is the best gymnast in history, but Suni Lee has been close behind, working. She made her moment count Thursday in Tokyo.

The Pistons are trading center Mason Plumlee and the No. 37 pick to Charlotte for the No. 57 pick, ESPN reports.

Suni Lee is the first Hmong American to be on a United States Olympic Team and the first to bring home a medal.

The New York Yankees have acquired Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and cash for two minor leaguers in their second major trade this week for desperately needed left-handed bats.

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is stepping down for the remainder of this season to address some health issues.

Donald Scott started track in high school and now he’s an Olympic athlete with dreams of a medal.

Team USA's second-seeded beach volleyball team of April Ross and Alix Klineman dumped Dutch duo Sanne Keizer and Madelein Meppelink in the rain, 20-22, 21-17, 15-5.

Resourceful kayaker Jessica Fox obviously knows it’s always a good idea to have a condom handy. Why? So, you can repair your broken kayak, of course.

Family and friends in Minnesota broke into cheers and screams for Sunisa Lee.

Washington Football President Jason Wright tells The Associated Press the organization has substantially narrowed the list of potential names for the team.

Before Jorge Fonseca could continue the Olympic journey that led to bronze in Tokyo Thursday, the Portuguese judoka had to detour to an unexpected path that would take him on another journey -- a cancer journey.

Southeastern Conference university presidents voted to invite Texas and Oklahoma to join the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank.

Free agency opens in the NHL at noon Wednesday, July 28.

The Detroit Red Wings have signed Luke Witkowski to a two-year contract.

The Detroit Red Wings have signed lefthanded defenseman Dan Renouf to a one-year contract.

The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Brandon Saad to a five-year, $22.5 million contract.

Browns center and NFLPA President JC Tretter feels the NFL is trying to shame players by urging teams to require vaccinated and unvaccinated players to wear different colored wristbands.

It will nearly impossible for Pita Taufatofua to outlast his original claim to fame as “the shirtless flag bearer,” which made him a legend on social media.

Before there was Simone Biles, there was Nastia Liukin.

Darren Helm signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche this week, effectively ending his long tenure with the Detroit Red Wings.

Max Scherzer delivered a signature performance in what might be his last start for the Nationals, allowing three hits in six innings as Washington beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the opener of a doubleheader.

Los Angeles police say New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest after a struggle with officers responding to a report of a domestic dispute.

A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that veteran forward Corey Perry has agreed to a $1 million, two-year contract with the back-to-back champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

After missing the first two practices of training camp, rookie quarterback Zach Wilson arrived at the Jets' facility and inked his fully guaranteed four-year, $35.15 million rookie contract.

Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

NBC is offering streams of the Tokyo Olympics.

Randall Cobb can thank MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers for triggering the veteran receiver’s return to Green Bay.

The U.S. has five of the best post players in the world.

All-Star slugger Joey Gallo’s trade to the New York Yankees from the Texas Rangers has been completed.

The water has always been a part of American surfer Carissa Moore’s life. Her father was a competitive open-water swimmer and he taught his daughter how to swim and surf at a young age. “The water, the ocean, is life,” the Hawaiian tells In The Village host Elizabeth Beisel.

On this episode of On Her Turf, reporter Andrea Joyce discussed why Simone Biles made the right choice to withdraw from gymnastics competitions in Tokyo.

Dutchman Kiran Badloe only needs to finish Saturday's medal race without disqualification to win the men's RS:X windsurfer class.

For anyone who’s waiting until the Games air in primetime Thursday night: Caution ahead! This article contains spoilers.

Track and field Day 1 events include the men's 10,000m final, and first rounds of the men's 400m hurdles, women's 100m, women's 800m, mixed 4x400m and more.

Host nation Japan suffered two eliminations in the quarterfinal round of the badminton women's doubles competition.

See (and hear) Suni Lee’s family’s uproarious reaction to her gold medal victory in the women’s gymnastics all-around at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The Detroit Tigers almost blew a 10-run lead, then almost blew a seven-run lead, allowed seven home runs and still managed to beat the Twins and earn a series victory.

Get primed for swimming on Day 7 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Israel’s pitcher Jeremy Bleich hit two consecutive batsman, the second with the bases loaded, to drive home the winning run, giving South Korea a 6-5 win in 10 innings.

In need of a big routine to keep pace with Rebeca Andrade in the Olympic individual all-around final, Suni Lee did her thing on the uneven bars, earning a huge 15.300.

Chen Meng won an all-Chinese matchup to take the gold medal in women's table tennis Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Sunisa Lee is an Olympic champion.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team blew a two-set lead before rebounding to defeat Turkey in the fifth-set tiebreaker.