Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is leading an investor group to bring the WNBA back to Michigan, and it features a long list of notable names.
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff and his wife Christen are part of an investment group that made a formal bid to bring a WNBA team back to Detroit. Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted the bid and has put together a solid investment group that includes Lions owner Sheila Hamp.
They would be bidding against other NBA owners for the league's 16th team. It would revive the legacy of the Detroit Shock, which won three championships as one of the league's first expansion franchises from 1998-2009.
The team trying to bring the WNBA back to Detroit includes Goff and his wife, Christen, Webber, former Pistons great Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia, Lions principal owner Sheila Hamp and husband, Steve, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her husband, Tony, and many others.
Before the Detroit Lions kick off against the Washington Commanders for their first playoff action of the season on Saturday night, the Detroit Pistons will hos
After nearly two decades without the WNBA in Detroit, a group has assembled with hopes of bringing it back. Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, Hall of Fame former Detroit Pistons forward Grant Hill,
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Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart will miss the team’s return to Little Caesars Arena following an outburst on Wednesday in Indianapolis. Stewart was suspended one game by the NBA following his flagrant foul and ejection for pushing the Pacers’ Thomas Bryant in his team’s eventual loss.
On Friday, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted a bid for the Motor City to host a new team. The ownership group would be led by Gores and also includes Detroit Lions principal owner and chair Sheila Ford Hamp; former Detroit Pistons stars Grant Hill and Chris Webber; General Motors CEO Mary Barra, and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff.
An investment group, led by Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and including Detroit Lions principal owner Sheila Hamp and General Motors CEO Mary Barra, submitted a formal expansion bid on Thursday for a WNBA franchise.