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Unlike other professional sports leagues where individual teams own their own trademark filings, the WNBA holds the rights to all names and logos for the league’s franchises.
Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is leading an investor group to bring the WNBA back to Michigan, and it features a long list of notable names.
The WNBA's trademark application for "Detroit Shock" suggests Detroit as a leading contender for a new team, with a bid led by Tom Gores.
The news hit Friday that Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is leading a powerful investment group that is looking to bring a WNBA franchise back to Detroit.
The team trying to bring the WNBA back to Detroit includes Goff and his wife, Christen, Webber, former Pistons great Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia, Lions principal owner Sheila Hamp and husband, Steve, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her husband, Tony, and many others.
The team of investors pushing to bring the WNBA back to Detroit includes: •Pistons owner Tom and Holly Gores •Lions owner Sheila Hamp •General Motors CEO Mary Barra •Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia •Ch
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit wants to bring the WNBA back to the Motor City, backed by an investor group led by the owner of the NBA's Pistons and NFL's Lions.
On Friday, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted a bid for the Motor City to host a new team. The ownership group would be led by Gores and also includes Detroit Lions principal owner and chair Sheila Ford Hamp; former Detroit Pistons stars Grant Hill and Chris Webber; General Motors CEO Mary Barra, and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff.
Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted a bid for the city to receive a WNBA franchise, sources told Yahoo Sports. The Detroit Shock were a big part of early WNBA history, winning championships
Detroit is making a bid to get back into the WNBA. Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted a bid for the city to receive a WNBA expansion franchise, according to a report from Yahoo! Sports.