Women's hockey pioneer Manon Rhéaume named GM of PWHL Detroit expansion team
Women's hockey pioneer Manon Rhéaume has been named the GM of the PWHL's Detroit expansion team.
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Women's hockey pioneer Manon Rhéaume has been named the GM of the PWHL's Detroit expansion team.
The Motor City was awarded a women's hockey expansion team for the 2026-27 PWHL season.
The Professional Women's Hockey League is expanding to Detroit, with a team set to start this fall. The Motor City was awarded an expansion team for the 2026-27 season, the league and Ilitch Sports + Entertainment announced Wednesday morning. The team will play at Little Caesars Arena.
The Professional Women's Hockey League is expanding to Detroit, with a team set to start this fall.
The Professional Women's Hockey League is expanding to Detroit, with a team set to start this fall. The Motor City was awarded an expansion team for the 2026-27 season, the league and Ilitch Sports + Entertainment announced Wednesday morning. The team will play at Little Caesars Arena.
The Detroit Red Wings sat on the bench, stewing in stunned silence, after their latest loss sealed their fate as a franchise relegated to watching the NHL playoffs on TV.
Kent Anderson scored from the slot at 7:25 of the second overtime to back up Johnny Hicks′ 49 saves and lift Denver to a 4-3 victory over Michigan in a Frozen Four semifinal and keep alive the Pioneers' hoping of winning their third national title in five years.
The Detroit Red Wings were defeated 5-4 by the Wild on Sunday. Kirill Kaprizov completed the sixth hat trick of his NHL career on the power play with 1:51 remaining to lead Minnesota to victory.
Rickard Rakell, Anthony Mantha and Egor Chinakov scored first-period goals as the Penguins raced past Detroit 5-1.
In a Professional Women's Hockey League Takeover Tour stop in Detroit Saturday, Catherine Dubois scored twice in a three-goal third period to rally the Montreal Victoire to a 3-1 victory over the New York Sirens.
Former NHL player and 1997 Hobey Baker award winner Brendan Morrison is on a committee, organized by University of Michigan Regent Denise Ilitch and her strategic advisor, Jenna Trubiano, to raise awareness on the desire to see the college field a Division I women's hockey team.
Hillary Knight, Megan Keller and Jack and Quinn Hughes made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL."
Through a sudden death overtime goal, the U.S. men's hockey team is golden over Canada.
All four men on the ice for Team USA in their overtime win over Canada at the Winter Games on Sunday were Michiganders. Jack Hughes, who scored the winning goal, is one of 17 players on the roster who went through the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, which is headquartered in Southeast Michigan. CBS News Detroit's Matt Finkel was there after the game.
This is the eighth time Dylan Larkin has represented the U.S. at an international tournament as an adult.
The Detroit Red Wings are excited for Sunday's men's hockey gold medal game between Team USA and Canada. Matt Finkel spoke with players bout the impact Dylan Larkin has had for the U.S. so far during the Winter Games, as well as their thoughts on the matchup.
The U.S. men's hockey team will face Canada on Sunday for the gold medal. The U.S. men have not won gold in the Olympics since the "Miracle on Ice" team in 1980.
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Lucas Raymond of the Detroit Red Wings was Sweden's best player and perhaps one of the best in the entire men's hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Patrick Kane is now the highest-scoring U.S.-born player in NHL history.
Alex DeBrincat scored 36 seconds into overtime to give the surging Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators.
The Professional Women's Hockey League returned to Detroit as part of its Takeover Tour, where teams in the league play neutral-site games across the U.S. to grow the sport and audience. Saturday's matchup between Vancouver and Boston at Little Caesars Arena featured a handful of Michigan natives. Rachel Hopmayer caught up with some of the players.
Several Michigan residents, including Dylan Larkin with the Red Wings, have been named to the roster for the 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey teams.
The Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night were bested 5-2 by the Carolina Hurricanes, who snapped a season-worst three-game skid.
The Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers will square off for Game 7 of their playoff series on Sunday night with a trip to the Eastern Conference finals on the line.
A 30-year-old motorcyclist is in the hospital Sunday after a crash in Highland Park, Michigan, according to the Michigan State Police. A patrol car that responded to the collision was hit by another vehicle while at the scene.
Two people are in the hospital after a reported accident on the west side of Detroit Saturday morning, according to police.
Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
Between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday, strong storms will attempt to fire along the warm front as it moves north.
Between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday, strong storms will attempt to fire along the warm front as it moves north.
The Swatch store at the Somerset Collection mall in Troy, Michigan, has canceled a product release event after an estimated crowd of hundreds of people gathered for it early Saturday, according to police.
Boil water advisories have been lifted for the Oakland County, Michigan, communities impacted by the water main break that happened in Auburn Hills earlier this month, the Great Lakes Water Authority said Saturday.
Officials in Berkley, Michigan, are investigating after around 100 pamphlets with antisemitic content were found in the area on Saturday, according to the city's Department of Public Safety.
The Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers will square off for Game 7 of their playoff series on Sunday night with a trip to the Eastern Conference finals on the line.
Michigan is demanding repayment of $35 million from the American Center for Mobility, a key player in autonomous vehicle development.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Washington, D.C., by Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman John Moolenaar would prohibit the importation, manufacture or sale of Chinese cars in the United States.
Michigan's average diesel price on Sunday is $6 — the highest ever recorded by the American Automobile Association.
Ford Motor Company is recalling over 179,000 vehicles due to a front seat issue that can increase the risk of injury in a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.
A vote by UAW Local 2093 members will be on May 11. The UAW says that if approved, workers could walk out of the Three Rivers facility starting on May 31.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
With summer not far behind, the city of Detroit is preparing for the highly anticipated 2026 Ford Fireworks next month.
Motown may be Detroit's most famous sound, but it's far from the only one.
Gene Simmons visited Detroit Rock City to celebrate the grand opening of a restaurant co-founded by him and his Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino joked that if someone does pay $2 million for a ticket to the World Cup final, "I will personally bring him a hot dog and a Coke."
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Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.
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Teen tobacco use in Michigan is rising again, prompting calls for increased prevention spending.
A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
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The Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers will square off for Game 7 of their playoff series on Sunday night with a trip to the Eastern Conference finals on the line.
Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
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This week on Michigan Matters, the roundtable talks about the governor's race and the impact of former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
The roundtable discusses the impact of rising gas prices and friction at the federal level with Canada and the U.S., and how it affects tourism.
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Robert Costa, the award-winning national correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and chief Washington analyst for CBS News, talks about Michigan's role in this critical midterm election.
Diallo Smith, CEO of Detroit nonprofit Life Remodeled, talks about its new opportunity hub on the east side of Detroit called Anchor Detroit.
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Video from Michigan State Police shows the moments a patrol car was rear-ended and a trooper jumping out of the way of the crash, a water gun prank in Davison Township nearly turned deadly and other top stories for the night of May 16, 2026.
The Swatch store at the Somerset Collection mall in Troy canceled a product release event after an estimated hundreds of people gathered for it, according to police. Julia Avant speaks with a shopper who was among the crowd.
Chance of showers and storms later in the day
A Michigan State Police trooper jumped across a median just before his car was rear-ended early Saturday, the agency said. No one was injured.