It’s not that the Tigers played poorly, it’s just that they can’t quite make the pitch when they need it ... or get the hit when they need it.

This is not how the Detroit Tigers drew it up at the beginning of the season. After leading the American League Central for the better part of the past five months, the Tigers’ playoff hopes and the outcome of the division come down to one weekend in Boston.

Jim Schwartz has no shortage of memories with the Detroit Lions and at their home Ford Field. A well-respected defensive mind in the NFL for nearly three decades, Schwartz had his lone head coaching stint with the Lions from 2009-2013 and led the franchise to the playoffs in 2011 for the first time since 1999.

For more than three decades, Donna Session dedicated her life to teaching Detroit students, becoming known as both a hero and a fighter.

Federal charges have been filed in the plot that saw Curtis Dixon kidnapped driven to ATMs to withdraw money, beaten, tied up and his car set ablaze - with him inside.

Decker has gotten used to playing without practicing this season. Muhammad was able to practice in a limited capacity on Thursday and Friday.

Mel Owens' father taught or coached were Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Richard Street of The Temptations and the Detroit Tigers’ Willie Horton.

This month, a Farmington Hills man allegedly stabbed his girlfriend in a car on the Lodge Freeway in Detroit during an argument. He was charged this week with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, felonious assault, and domestic violence.