Michael "Mike" Ilitch (born 1929) began the Little Caesars Pizza empire in 1959 with one store in Garden City, Michigan. His business expanded to about 4000 stores by 1999. Ilitch invested the fortune he made in his hometown of Detroit. He bought...

Mike Ilitch and the Detroit Tigers have a binding commitment on a $145 million loan package with a consortium of 12 banks across the country and into Canada, but the final deal hasn't been signed yet, Ilitch lawyer Jay Bielfield said Friday. ...

Bill Ford, you need to talk with this guy ... and fast Rabbit's foot? Check. Horseshoe? Check. Raj Vattikuti? Check. OK, so we can't confirm that Mike Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Red Wings, carries a good luck charm....

Dan Cleary had a goal and an assist to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference.Johan Franzen, Dallas Drake and Pavel Datsyuk also scored...

Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch believes his team addressed its top priority by signing center Pavel Datsyuk to a 7-year contract extension."Everyone in the organization wanted him to stay with us," Ilitch said.The move Friday underscored the team's time-honored tradition of doggedly scouting far-flung talent...