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2025 Cranbrook Tennis Classic champion Mark Lajal.

Cranbrook Tennis Classic Returns July 19-26

If you’re still buzzing from the recent Wimbledon finals, you’ll be able to enjoy plenty of international tennis talent in metro Detroit at the...
Portrait of Dusty May

Dusty May Leaving Michigan Basketball for Dallas Mavericks

Dusty May, the head coach of the University of Michigan's Men's Basketball program, is leaving for a head coach position with the Dallas Mavericks.ESPN...
Kalinn Williams training at the gym

Kalinn Williams: An Agent of Khaos

Kalinn Williams knows what’s it like to get knocked down. But he also knows what it takes to get back up, even when it...
The 21-year-old was a fan favorite, even at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 2, 1976.

Mark Fidrych: Looking Back on 1976 & The Summer of ‘The Bird’

At the closing ceremonies following the last game played at the historic Tiger Stadium on Sept. 27, 1999, 62 former Tigers players in full...
Mitch Albom and Dan Campbell

Best of Detroit 2026: Community & Sports

Community Author Winner: Mitch Albom; mitchalbom.com Finalists: Brian Bartes, Josh Malerman, Kristy Robinett, Nandi Comer, Stephen Mack Jones, Viola Shipman (Wade Rouse)Bartender Winner: Asher Miller (Grey Ghost); greyghostdetroit.com/team/asher-miller Finalists: Ann...
PWHL Detroit logo

Professional Women’s Hockey League Finally Expands to Hockeytown

After months of speculation, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has announced that Detroit will be the league’s ninth franchise. The announcement came during...

Detroit Pistons: 5 Key Takeaways from the 2025-26 Regular Season

Unlike some of the other Detroit sports teams, the Pistons gave fans a lot to cheer about this season. Just two years after posting...

5 Downtown Parties and Festivals to Check Out Before the Tigers’ Home Opener

Baseball fans around the state are gearing up for the Tigers' home opener against the St. Louis Cardninals on April 3. Celebrate Opening Day...
Elden Campbell wearing a championship belt.

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...
Cade Cunningham dribbling the ball down the court.

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,...
Portrait of University of Michigan men's basketball head coach Dusty May

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...
On Sept. 5, George Blaha was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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...
John Salley on the cover of the December 2021 issue of Hour Detroit.

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

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...

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