Deadline Detroit

1 week ago | deadlinedetroit.com | Allan Lengel

These are turbulent times in the media, with pay cuts, layoffs, and firings. Advertising dollars seem to be more limited these days. Against that backdrop, Guy Gordon, a decades-long fixture in Detroit TV and radio, announced Tuesday on WJR that he has left the station. Gordon tells Deadline Detroit that he was essentially given a take-it-or-leave-it offer: take a 60 percent pay cut and move from the morning show to afternoons—or leave.

1 week ago | deadlinedetroit.com | Allan Lengel

These have been some tough years for Detroit Red Wings fans. With the season nearly over, the team will miss the playoffs for the ninth straight year. These days, it doesn’t feel much like the Hockeytown of old, when making the playoffs was almost automatic. For six of those nine years, hockey legend Steve Yzerman, 59, has been the general manager. Fans had high expectations. But some insist he’s had enough time to return the team to the playoffs. They believe he should be fired.

1 week ago | deadlinedetroit.com | Allan Lengel

Enajee Lakiem Moore, 26, of Detroit, faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with a fatal car crash last week that occurred during a police chase in northwest Detroit. Last Friday around 8 p.m., Detroit police spotted a car with improper plates near Puritan and Coyle Streets, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. When officers attempted to make a traffic stop, Moore allegedly fled at a high rate of speed.

1 week ago | deadlinedetroit.com | Allan Lengel

For the first time in six years, the Detroit Pistons are back in the playoffs. They'll play their first game Saturday at 6 p.m. against the Knicks in Madison Square Gardens in New York. The game will be on ESPN and FanDuel Sports Network Detroit. It can also be streamed on ESPN app and Fubo. The Knicks, who are heavily favored to win the series, ended up in third place in the Eastern Division with a 51-31 record. The Pistons were in sixth place with a 44-38 record.

1 week ago | deadlinedetroit.com | Allan Lengel

Ex-State Sen. Adam Hollier, a Democrat who had to drop out of the congressional race in Michigan’s 13th District last year due to invalid signatures on his nominating petitions, announced Monday that he will run again for the seat currently held by Democrat Shri Thanedar. "From housing to daycare to the rising costs of groceries, we’re in a crisis," he posted on X on Monday. "We need bold solutions and leaders who will stand up for us—not the millionaires and billionaires.