Elden Campbell, Member of 2004 Detroit Pistons Championship Team, Dies at 57
Elden Campbell, a 15-year veteran NBA veteran and former Detroit Pistons center who was part of the 2004 championship team, died suddenly at the...
5 Takeaways from the Start of the Detroit Pistons’ Season
After a disappointing end to their miraculous comeback season, the Pistons are back in action. Less than a month into the 2025-26 regular season,...
Dusty May: The Energetic Force Leading U-M Men’s Basketball
The Michigan Wolverines corralled the sports media into Crisler Center on a Sunday in July to let reporters get a look at — and...
Celebrating the 50th Season of George Blaha, Legendary Voice of the Detroit Pistons
On Oct. 23, 1976, at Cobo Arena, 32-year-old George Blaha completed his first play-by-play calls for the Detroit Pistons as the team lost the...
Looking Back on Detroit Pistons Covers of Hour Detroit
We’ve had several Bad Boys and great players on our starting lineup. Here are some of our favorite covers featuring Detroit Pistons players.
May 2004
Ten...
Dan Campbell Predicts ‘Nothing Easy’ About Lions Football This Season
After a disappointing finish to a season plagued with injuries to top performers, the Lions entered the 2025 offseason with their work cut out...
Tigers Visit Baseball Camp at Miracle Field
When parents of a child with a disability first receive the diagnosis, their minds might start to fill with all the things their child...
Tom Selleck Surprises Fans for Magnum P.I. Day at Comerica Park
On Sunday, the 16th Annual Magnum P.I. Day took place at Comerica Park — and this year, it was attended by a very special...
11 Memorable Detroit Moments in MLB All-Star Game History
At tonight’s 95th All-Star Game, Tigers fans will have the chance to see something we haven’t seen in over a decade: six players on...
Twin Lakes Celebrates Two Milestones
As Drew Coble reflects on the first 24 years of his life, golf has been a primary aspect of it, over and over again....
Setting the Record Straight
Something monumental happened in the baseball world in 2024, besides the Tigers making it to the postseason. The athletes who played for the Negro...
Kronk Gym Returns to Detroit
Although perennial heavyweight champion Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis had positioned Detroit as one of the nation’s boxing capitals in the late 1930s, a...
An Interview With Rip Hamilton
It’s been more than 20 years since Richard “Rip” Hamilton came to the Detroit Pistons. The relatively young and untested forward from the University...
Editor’s Letter: Baseball and This Year’s City Guide
Before we made the final decision to put Tigers ace Tarik Skubal on our cover, I did some digging in the Hour Detroit archives...
A New Season for Detroit City FC
Spring has arrived in Hamtramck, and with it returns the echo of familiar drum beats and the lingering scent of Enola Gaye smoke bombs...
Things to Do in Detroit on the Tigers’ Home Opener
Baseball fans around the state are gearing up for the Tigers' home opener against the Chicago White Sox on April 4. Celebrate Opening Day...
Tarik Skubal is Armed and Ready for the 2025 Season
The improbable journey and accomplishments of the Detroit Tigers and their ace, Tarik Skubal, in 2024 will no doubt be remembered for years to...
Detroit Lions Playoff Game Events and Specials
The Detroit Lions, the National Football Conference’s number 1 seed, will host the Washington Commanders in a division round game at Ford Field this...
Postcard from Eugene: On Jonathan Smith and the New Big 10
Jonathan Smith is an avatar of more than just MSU football. From the erosion of local rivalries to the rise of the money game,...
New Detroit Lions Exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum Celebrates the Team’s Championship History
With Detroit Lions fans enjoying another exciting season while dreaming of a Super Bowl victory, the Detroit Historical Museum has opened a timely, colorful...






















