Despite this, there were also several superstar hitters, the most famous being Honus Wagner, held to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Detroit's Ty Cobb, the " Georgia Peach.

In addition, there was also concern with Detroit's strong influence over Michigan politics, being the largest city in the state as well as the capital city.

Indianapolis, Indiana lost in its bid to host the game at the Hoosier Dome, as did Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome and Seattle's Kingdome, who had also applied.

It is usually assumed that they were lured to the garage with the promise of a stolen, cut-rate shipment of whiskey, supplied by Detroit's Purple Gang, also associates of Capone.

A day in Anderson's honor was also held at Detroit's Comerica Park during the 2000 season.

They were also being coached by Maxine Powell at Detroit's Ferris Center.

Gordy also employed many white workers and managers at the company's headquarters, named Hitsville U. S. A., on Detroit's West Grand Boulevard.

At Detroit's Northeastern High School, her vocal coach was Abraham Silver, who also worked with Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson ( of The Supremes ) and Bobby Rogers ( of The Miracles ).

He is also under a 38-charge felony indictment on additional corruption charges, in what a federal prosecutor called a " pattern of extortion, bribery and fraud " by some of Detroit's most prominent officials.

Freehan drove in the first of three runs in the tenth inning of Game 4 in a memorable 4-3 come-from-behind victory which tied the series ; he also drove in Detroit's only run in the 2-1 Game 5 loss.

In the 2003 – 2004 season he was originally Detroit's backup goalie when Dominik Hašek came out of retirement, and Detroit management tried to trade Joseph, since the team also had a capable backup in Manny Legace.

Channel 9 was an affiliate of the CBC, though it also maintained a secondary affiliation with DuMont ( shared with Detroit's WJBK-TV ) until that network's demise in 1956.

Bettis also sponsors a football camp, Jerome Bettis Asthma camp, to better the children of Detroit's football skills.

is remembered primarily as Rollins ' first band – before he joined Black Flag and then founded Rollins Band – but also as an example of early " DC Hardcore " and an influence to other bands such as Detroit's Negative Approach and New York City's Agnostic Front.

As a printer, he was also a member of Detroit's Typographical Union 18 and was one of its two delegates to the International Typographical Union convention in Detroit in 1878.

The building also is home to the Fisher Theatre, one of Detroit's oldest live theatre venues.

WXYZ-TV has also been involved in several Detroit traditions over the years, having aired special coverage of Detroit's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The North American International Auto Show Charity Preview ', the annual Woodward Dream Cruise and the City of Detroit's celebrations of its 250th anniversary in 1951 and 300th anniversary in 2001.

WUDT-CA was the first Spanish-language television station to take to the air in the state of Michigan since W66BV, Detroit's prior Univision affiliate, flipped to being a TBN network translator in the early-1990s ; WUDT was also one of only three Univision network stations ( with KUNS-TV in Seattle and Univision O & O WQHS-TV in Cleveland ) in markets bordering Canada.

These include the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, Detroit's MotorCity Casino, Blue Line Foodservice Distribution, Little Caesars Pizza Kits, Champion Foods, Olympia Entertainment, Olympia Development, Uptown Entertainment, and the Hockeytown Cafe ( also the site of City Theater ) and numerous other restaurants downtown and Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit.

The Viacom purchase also reunited KBHK with Detroit's WKBD, which had been purchased by Paramount Stations Group ( which was in the process of being sold to Viacom ) in 1993.

Favrile glass also backs a large ornamental clock in Detroit's Guardian Building.

Although he was one of Detroit's bigger stars in the late 1980s, Petr Klíma was also a problem for the Red Wings management.

Named Detroit's Rookie of the Year in 1979, Jones also played in 14 career post-season games with the Kansas City Royals ( 1984 – 85 ), going 2-for-3 with a double and a triple in six games in the 1985 World Series against St. Louis.

Detroit's Death self-released one of their 1974 recordings, " Politicians in My Eyes ", in 1976.

Calka raised $ 8, 000 to pay for their transfer from France to Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery, where Slovik was reburied next to his wife.

Despite Detroit's much better regular season record, the Oilers pulled off a six-game upset for their first playoff series win since 1998.

The MC5 earned national attention with their first album, Kick Out the Jams, recorded live on October 30 and 31, 1968, at Detroit's Grande Ballroom.

Yzerman's knee greatly pained him during the 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but this did not stop him from leading the Red Wings from an early 2-0 deficit in their opening round series to defeat the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues en route to Detroit's fifth playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche, and the third time the two teams had battled to decide the Western Conference Championship.

Improvements came quickly and, in their remaining eight races in the East, Seabiscuit and Pollard won several times, including Detroit's Governor's Handicap ( worth $ 5, 600 ) and the Scarsdale Handicap ($ 7, 300 ) at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York.

The defending Cup champions would win their first All-Star Game in 1950 by a 7 – 1 margin, thanks to Detroit's Production Line and the fact that five of the First and Second NHL All-Star teams were Red Wings.

In Detroit's Comerica Park, some Tiger fans sported curly black wigs underneath their baseball caps in support of their long-haired right fielder.

Stanley Knox, Detroit's Chief of Police, denied the officers involved a Police Board of Review and refused to hear their side of the story, firing or suspending without pay all 7 officers at the scene.

So far, Detroit's 20 consecutive playoff appearances ranks tied for fifth in league history after 29 consecutive trips by the Boston Bruins from 1967 – 1968 to 1995 – 1996, 28 consecutive trips by the Chicago Blackhawks from 1969 – 1970 through 1996 – 1997, 25 consecutive appearances by the St. Louis Blues from 1979 – 1980 to 2003 – 2004, 24 and 21 consecutive berths by the Montreal Canadiens from 1970 – 1971 to 1993 – 1994 and 1948 – 1949 through 1968 – 1969 respectively as well as tied with their own streak of 20 seasons from 1938 – 1939 to 1957 – 1958.

The Cougars played their first game at the Olympia on November 22, 1927 and Detroit's Johnny Sheppard scored the first goal at the new building.

" The collaboration of two and their blend of art and technology gave the pottery its distinctive qualities as Detroit's contribution to the International Arts and Crafts movement and exemplified the American Craftsman Style.

In the 1994 film The Crow, based upon comic book of the same name, the protagonist, Eric Draven, and his fiancée are murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding on " Devil's Night " by a street gang on the orders of Detroit's most notorious crime lord, Top Dollar.

Detroit's soprano voice provided lead vocals on their biggest hit, " Stay ," which was No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for eight weeks in 1992.

* On October 2, 2009, WVMV / Detroit dropped their long-running smooth jazz format by playing a montage of jingles and airchecks from a prior format on the station, album-oriented rock WLLZ " Detroit's Wheels.

It was Detroit's twenty-second appearance in the Final, their last appearance being a win in 1998.

During NBC's pre-game show for Super Bowl XLIII, Detroit's affiliate WDIV-TV ran a ticker on their website, asking viewers to question his credibility as an NBC Sports panelist, given his past with the Lions.

That same year ( 1989 ), De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising became the earliest release of alternative hip hop, and numerous regional styles of hip hop saw their first legitimization, including Chicago hip house, Los Angeles electroclash, Miami's bass, Washington, D. C .' s go-go and Detroit's ghettotech.

It was Detroit's twenty-second appearance in the Final, their last appearance being a win in 1998.

The Wheels finished their lone season with the WFL's worst record at 1-13, and the worst luck as well: eight of Detroit's losses came by less than a touchdown, and they held fourth-quarter leads in seven games.

Under its new hot adult contemporary format, WNIC will still be Detroit's Christmas Station for the 2011 Holiday season, beginning their all Christmas format at 7: 10 on Monday, November 7.

' Our Italian Story ' focuses on some of Detroit's most prominent Italian-Americans, following their footsteps through their toughest challenges, their boom times and tracks them through wars and economic downturns.