(CBS DETROIT) — Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is looking to bring a WNBA franchise back to the Motor City. Gores submitted a formal bid on behalf of an expansive ownership group on Thursday.

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, and the ensuing reaction showed that ...

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 Friday announcement. His investment ...

On Friday, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores announced that there has been an official submission for a WNBA franchise to return to Detroit. “This is an exciting opportunity to welcome the WNBA ...

Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted the bid Thursday and it was announced Friday. The group includes Sheila Ford Hamp and her husband, the principal owners of the Detroit Lions; the chief executive ...

It would revive the legacy of the Detroit Shock, which won three championships as one of the league's first expansion franchises from 1998-2009.