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. "This is an exciting opportunity to welcome the WNBA back to Detroit and bring additional investment and economic activity into the city,

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 chief executive officer and chair of General Motors Company; Hall of Famer and former NBA rookie of the Year Grant Hill; Lions quarterback Jared Goff and his wife; and others.

Both the Pistons and Mavericks would make the playoffs if the regular season ended today as the No. 8 seed in their respective conferences. Tickets: Buy tickets at Vivid Seats, SeatGeek, StubHub, and Ticketmaster (tickets start at $19).

The Dallas Mavericks (26-22) are set to take on the Detroit Pistons (23-24) on Friday night following a narrow win over the Pelicans on Wednesday. A win against the Pistons would build on the Mavs' current two-game win streak.

The NBA suspended Detroit Pistons forward-center Isaiah Stewart for one game without pay after he tallied his sixth flagrant foul point of the regular season.

Isaiah Stewart of the Detroit Pistons was suspended by the NBA on Friday for one game without pay after the forward/center picked up a sixth flagrant-foul point this season. The league announced the suspension Friday,