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...

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...

The Detroit Tigers decided Ivan Rodriguez was worth another $13 million. The Tigers exercised an option Tuesday on the All-Star catcher's contract, retaining him for a fifth season at a hefty price."This was a major decision and yet once the season ended, it became an...

The Detroit Tigers could have kept Curtis Granderson around for a while, retaining his talents with one-year deals until he became eligible for free agency after the 2011 season. The Tigers, though, don't just wait around to make moves these days.Granderson and baseball's busiest team...