Cover Stories
Can the gritty Tigs win it all in 2026?
Who can fault Detroit Tigers fans for having an increased sense of urgency and a heightened set of expectations for the 2026 season? After making the playoffs for two straight seasons and likely only having one more season with back-to-back Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal on the roster, Tigers fans had become a bit…
A new biography of former Detroit Tiger Ron LeFlore, who in the 1970s famously went from prison to the big leagues, hits bookshelves this week
After his notorious adolescence on the east side of Detroit in the 1960s, Ron LeFlore made national news in the ’70s as his hometown team’s unlikeliest of center fielders. And after a brief, but storied major-league career, which included one All-Star game and 455 stolen bases, LeFlore hasn’t made many headlines in recent years. But…
Why loyal Detroit Tigers fans could finally be rewarded this season
The essence of true fans is faith: Faith in their team, faith in their team’s management, and faith in their hometown heroes. Faith even when they are losing. Faith even when they lose year after year after year. In 2026, true blue Tigers fans are going to be rewarded for their steadfastness during nine long…
Free Will Astrology (April 1-14)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now is an excellent time to decide your favorite color is amaranth (a vivid red-violet), or sinopia (earthy red-orange), or viridian (cool blue-green, darker than jade). You might also conclude that your favorite aroma is agarwood (deep, smoky, resin-soaked wood), or heliotrope (cherry-almond vanilla), or petrichor (wet soil after a rain).…
For Steve Mazur, the Motor City is where the music started – and where it still hits hardest as he returns with Our Lady Peace
Detroit has always been known as a music city. Motown. Detroit Rock City. From small clubs to legendary stages, the sound of rock guitars has long echoed through its neighborhoods. For Steve Mazur, the passion for playing guitar started at a young age, when he was just a Detroit-area kid learning chords and dreaming about…
Thousands join No Kings rallies across metro Detroit for largest single-day protest in U.S. history
More than 25,000 people turned out at eight No Kings protests across metro Detroit on Saturday, organizers estimate, calling it “one of the largest coordinated civic mobilizations the region has seen in years.”
NFL’s Nate Burleson teams up with Ferndale’s Valentine Distilling Co.
Network morning news co-anchor. Sunday NFL Football analyst. Nickelodeon kids’ series host. Primetime game show emcee. And currently, filling in as anchor and zookeeper for NCAA March Madness men’s basketball tournament coverage. Dang, Nate Burleson, can another brutha get a TV job in America? You may have recognized him as No. 13 at Ford Field,…
These 15 cannabis brands in Michigan consistently deliver quality
As Michigan’s cannabis market matures, it’s getting easier to separate premium weed from everything else.
Ryan Gosling is a star in ‘Project Hail Mary’
I had an epiphany while watching Project Hail Mary. Ryan Gosling could have played Marty in Marty Supreme, but Timothée Chalamet could never have played Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary. There’s an effortless charisma to what Gosling does here that feels like a future Best Actor nomination, without question. It’s a movie star performance…
