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The 2003-04 Pistons were the champions Detroit needed
The team is remembered as conquering underdogs at a time when we needed to see ourselves that way
By Eli Day
Tags: Detroit Sports, Views & Opinions, Longform, Detroit Pistons, NBA, Richard Hamilton, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince, Cover Story
Lapointe: Detroit Pistons make NBA history with 27th straight loss
Owner Gores says team vision is “blurry”
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Metro Detroit, Lapointe, Sports, Views & Opinions, Detroit Pistons, Tom Gores, Detroit Lions, Little Caesars Arena, Slideshow
Detroit Pistons partner with local brand Glam-Aholic for custom handbags on 313 Day
Three Pistons-colored bags will be available
By Darlene A. White
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Local Businesses, Sports, Detroit Pistons, 313 Day, Little Caesars Arena, Glam-Aholic Lifestyle Brand
The Detroit Pistons are giving away winter coats and accessories to Detroit school students
The giveaway is the ‘tipoff’ event for the Pistons’ annual Season of Giving
By Alex Washington
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Sports, Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons, Motor City Cruise, NBA, DPSCD, Charity, Slideshow
Farmington Hills police brutalized innocent Black man in front of his children, lawsuit alleges
The suit was filed several months after the revelation that Farmington Hills police were using images of Black people for target practice
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Farmington Hills, police, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, racism
The latest Pistons promo is an ode to Detroit culture
The video is narrated by Big Sean and features former Pistons Ben Wallace and Dave Bing
Tags: Culture, Sports, Big Sean, Streetlord Juan, Dave Bing, Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons, Little Caesars Arena
Detroit offers to settle lawsuits with anti-police brutality protesters for $1.3M
Detroit police are accused of using excessive force to break up peaceful demonstrations
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit Will Breathe, Black Lives matter, police brutality, Lawsuit, Chuck Raimi, Detroit, Detroit City Council, George Floyd
Detroit City Council sets up reparations task force
The body is charged with helping to determine how to address what many Detroiters said is a legacy of governmental systemic racism
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, reparations, City Council, Black Lives Matter
Metro Detroit police dept. that used images Black men as shooting targets was sued last year for racial discrimination
This isn’t the first time the Farmington Hills Police Dept. was accused of racism
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Farmington Hills Police Department, Black Lives Matter, Jeff King
Thirty-five years ago, in a race-based tempest, the Pistons’ ‘Bad Boys’ trash-talked the Boston Celtics’ star
When the Bird got the Worm
Tags: Detroit Sports, Sports, Detroit, Pistons, Detroit Pistons, Dennis Rodman, Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
Michigan man accused of threatening BLM supporters at Starbucks, leaving nooses for protesters
A retired optometrist even threatened to ‘lynch’ a Black person, the DOJ said
Tags: Michigan News, Hate crimes, Saginaw, Michigan, Black Lives Matter, protests, George Floyd, Kenneth Pilon, Starbucks, Justice Department
Grand Rapids police chief confirms Officer Christopher Schurr shot, killed Lyoya
GRPD kept the name of the officer under wraps, despite activists calling repeatedly for the department to release it
By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Patrick Lyoya, Grand Rapids, police, Black Lives Matter
Call to release Breonna Taylor's father from Michigan prison
By Josh Puckett for Yes! Media
Tags: Michigan News, Breonna Taylor, Black Lives Matter, Michigan
Why Eminem’s Super Bowl kneel missed the mark
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Eminem, Slim Shady, Dr. Dre, Super Bowl, Los Angeles, Detroit, rap, Black Lives Matter
What the Rittenhouse verdict portends about the future of American democracy
By Jeffrey C. Billman
Tags: Informed Dissent, Kyle Rittenhouse, Republicans, Trump's America, GOP, Black Lives Matter
MSU fans caused more destruction in Lansing than Black Lives Matter protesters caused in Detroit... by far
Tags: MSU, Michigan State University, Black Lives Matter, Detroit WIll Breathe
Abandoned Lansing Mall Cinema to become Michigan's first Black-owned film studio
Tags: Lansing, Lansing Mall Cinema, Greenwood District Studios, MLive, Amaru, Funny is Funny, Black Lives Matter
Eastern Market Brewing Co. partners with Detroit Pistons for limited edition can
Tags: Detroit Pistons, Eastern Market Brewing Co., Beer, Ale, Basketball, IPA, Craft Beer, Brewery
Grant Hill and Fila unveil two new basketball courts in Detroit
Tags: Basketball, Basketball court, chandler park, detroit, detroit pistons, Grant Hill, Fila, Chandler Park Conservancy
James Craig’s ‘official’ campaign launch was a complete clusterfuck
Tags: Detroit, Detroit Will Breathe, James Craig, Detroit Police, Republicans, Democrats, Gretchen Whitmer, 2022, Black Lives Matter
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit
By Layla McMurtrie
Pot-friendly Michigan music venue scales back programming