The move would revitalize the previous Detroit women's team, the Detroit Shock, one of the first expansion teams after the women's basketball league was established in 1996. In 12 seasons ...

There is a lot of competition between cities in the race to land the next WNBA expansion franchise. Detroit is one of the cities in the mix, and rapper Eminem has joined the bid, according to Sportico ...

Detroit is eager to welcome the WNBA back, having previously hosted the Detroit Shock from 1998 to 2009. The Detroit Shock crowd the floor after winning their WNBA Championship with an 80-75 win ...

The superteam of Detroit investors — led by Pistons owner Tom Gores and his wife, Holly — trying to bring the WNBA back has reportedly added Eminem.

Several local stars part of ownership group trying to bring Shock back to Detroit The WNBA operated with 12 teams last season, will add the Golden State Valkyries later this year, and the Toronto ...

Detroit has been dying to bring the WNBA back to the city. The Detroit Shock were strong members of the WNBA for more than a decade between 1998 and 2009, before becoming the Tulsa Shock.

This wouldn’t be Detroit’s first time with a WNBA team: The Detroit Shock debuted in 1998 as one of the league’s first expansion franchises, and after a move to Tulsa in 2010, the franchise ...

Under Paul Westhead's guidance, Phoenix beat the Detroit Shock in 2007 in a five-game battle. In 2009, Corey Gaines took the Mercury to the championship game, where they defeated the Indiana Fever.

The bid would revive the legacy of the Detroit Shock, which won three championships in 12 seasons (1998-2009) before moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma. A superteam of local investors — led by Pistons ...

A WNBA return to Detroit would likely mean the return of the Shock, one of the league’s first expansion franchises. CNBC reported in January that the WNBA did file a trademark application to ...