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Detroit Red Wings

DeBrincat Locks In: Red Wings Sign Sniper to Seven-Year, $13M Extension!

Big news out of Hockeytown this week as our Red Wings handed Alex DeBrincat a seven-year extension worth $13 million annually, the deal announced Wednesday and the maximum term allowed under the new collective bargaining agreement that kicked in last month.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions Come Out of the Bye With Branch and Mays Back for Packers Sunday

Coming off our Week 6 bye, the big questions get answered this week, and the answers are the ones we wanted to hear: both Brian Branch, nursing that Achilles, and Cade Mays, dealing with the wrist injury he picked up back in training camp, have returned to practice.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 20, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions Launch One Pride Worldwide and Set Course for Munich!

Our Lions just went global, and they want us along for the ride: Detroit has launched One Pride Worldwide, a new fan membership platform powered by LAVA that you can pull up on the Lions app or right in your web browser.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 14, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

DeBrincat Locks In Long-Term as Red Wings Land Seven-Year Extension!

The news we needed in a rough stretch: Alex DeBrincat and our Red Wings are finalizing a seven-year extension worth $13 million annually, and it's a massive win for interim GM Shawn Horcoff.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 14, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions Roll Cardinals 45-21, Head to the Bye at 3-2

What a way to walk into the bye week.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 14, 2026
P Basketball
Detroit Pistons

John Collins Needs Just 17 Minutes to Win Over Detroit

If you wanted a first impression, we got one Monday night at Little Caesars Arena.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Larkin Answers the Boos as Red Wings Down the Senators 5-3

Well, here's a storyline you don't script.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Larkin Returns a Star as Wings Down the Senators 5-3!

Well, what a way to make an entrance.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Panthers Hang On, Lions Fall 32-26 in Charlotte

Tough one to swallow down in Charlotte, folks, as the Lions dropped a 32-26 heartbreaker to the Panthers on Sunday night under the NBC lights.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
P Basketball
Detroit Pistons

Duren Stays Home: Jalen Inks Five-Year, $200M Deal to Anchor Our Pistons!

After a four-month standoff over the value of his next contract, Jalen Duren is back where he belongs, and we could not be happier about it.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Panthers Edge Our Lions 32-26 in a Charlotte Shootout

The Lions walked into Charlotte Sunday night on NBC and walked out on the wrong end of a 32-26 track meet.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
P Basketball
Detroit Pistons

Duren Is Staying! Pistons Lock Up Their All-NBA Center on a Five-Year, $200M Deal

After a four-month standoff that had all of us sweating, our big man is coming home: Jalen Duren has agreed to a five-year, $200 million fully guaranteed contract to stay with the Detroit Pistons, his agent Chafie Fields confirmed.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 2, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings Open At Home Tonight Against The Rangers Amid A Messy Off-Season

Tonight the Wings open at home against the New York Rangers, and if this feels less like a celebration and more like a wake, well, we've earned the gloom.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 2, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings Expecting a Different Michael Brandsegg-Nygard This Season

There's a buzz building around the Red Wings, and his name is Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 2, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings Set 23-Man Roster Amid the Noise as Rangers Loom Friday

Nobody said this camp would be quiet, and it wasn't.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 1, 2026
P Basketball
Detroit Pistons

Pistons Remake the Roster Around Shooting as Camp Opens in Detroit

The remaking of our Detroit Pistons is officially underway, and the fingerprints are everywhere as training camp opened Tuesday at the Henry Ford Pistons Performance Center.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 1, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Gibbs' Third TD Sinks the Jets as Lions Hold On 31-24!

Down in Detroit on Sunday it took a fourth-year phenom to slam the door, as Jahmyr Gibbs caught an 11-yard go-ahead score with 2:25 left to lift our Lions past the New York Jets 31-24.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 28, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Aaron Glenn Brings League's No. 1 Defense Back to Ford Field in Week 3

Here we go, folks: Week 3 sends the New York Jets into Ford Field, and this one comes with a story we all know by heart.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 25, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Nationals Edge Our Tigers 3-1 as Abrams Goes Deep Twice at Comerica

Well, Washington edged the Tigers 3-1 on Tuesday night, evening the series at a game apiece after the Tiger's handled them 9-2 on Monday night, and the whole thing came down to one man: CJ Abrams, who homered twice and drove in the three Nationals' runs.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers Opinion

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts Sept. 22

What's in a Name?

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026