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ESPN.com is the sports news website of ESPN Inc, a multimnational sports media company. It is owned by the Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications.
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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. 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 Lions; the CEO and chair of General Motors; Hall of Famer Grant Hill; Lions quarterback Jared Goff and his wife; and others. "For the WNBA this is home, and our bid represents an unprecedented opportunity for...