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Detroit Lions - NFL

Detroit Tigers - MLB

In 2023 the Lions reached the NFC Championship Game.
In 2024 the Lions had the best record in the NFL at 15-2.
In 2025 the Lions will fight for the division and the #1 seed.

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Detroit Tigers - MLB

In 2024 the Tigers surprised the baseball world with a strong finish to the regular season, and a playoff series win.
In 2025 the Tigers charged ahead with the best record in MLB.

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Detroit Pistons - NBA

Detroit Red Wings - NHL

The Pistons have some of the most exciting young talent in the NBA and with it they made the playoffs for the first time in years in 2024-2025.
In 2025-2026 with healthy stars and new draftee they take it to next level.

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Detroit Red Wings - NHL

The Red Wings have missed the playoffs for 9 straight years. Longest drought in their history. But they have a strong list of prospects that will be moving up in the next 2 years to join Larkin, Seider, DeBrinkat & Co.

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When Detroit Last Had a Champion -- This Was America

By Daniel J. Schwartz

Welcome to 2008. 2004. 1984. 1957.

Those years, respectively, are the last time the Detroit Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers and Lions have won a league championship.

For Red Wings and Pistons fans, the drought, comparatively, hasn’t been too severe. But for Tigers and Lions fans, the drought is Sahara-level. It’s been so long since the Lions won a league championship that their last one predates the Super Bowl. Somebody born in 1957 would be about 68 years old when the Lions won that NFL championship.

But, to put the success (and lack thereof) of Detroit’s four major professional sports teams into perspective, here’s a look back at the state of the country the last time each team reached the mountaintop.

Detroit Red Wings: June 4, 2008

No. 1 Song in America:

“Lollipop” by Lil Wayne

No.1 Box Office Film in America:

Sex and the City: The Movie (Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon)

Notable current event:

The day prior, June 3, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Current U.S. President:

George W. Bush (second term)

Generation:

Gen Z

Detroit Pistons: June 15, 2004

No. 1 Song in America:

“Burn” by Usher

No.1 Box Office Film in America:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson)

Notable current event:

Ten days prior, on June 5, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan died at the age of 93 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. The State Funeral was held in Washington D.C. on June 9.

Current U.S. President:

George W. Bush (first term)

Generation:

Gen Z

Detroit Tigers: October 14, 1984

No. 1 Song in America:

“I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder

No.1 Box Office Film in America:

Teachers (Starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Ralph Macchio and Judd Hirsch)

Notable current event:

Three days prior, on Oct. 11, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first female American to perform a spacewalk.

Current U.S. President:

Ronald Reagan (first term). Reagan was re-elected to a second term in the 1984 U.S. Presidential Election just three weeks later.

Generation:

Millennial

Detroit Lions: December 29, 1957

No. 1 Song in America:

“You Send Me” by Sam Cooke with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra

No.1 Box Office Film in America:

The Sad Sack (Starring Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre)

Notable current event:

The following day, American actors Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner married each other for the first time. They would divorce in 1962 and marry again in 1972. Wood died under mysterious circumstances in November 1981. In February 2018, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department named Wagner a "person of interest" in the investigation into Wood's death. Wagner has denied any involvement in Wood's death. The case remains open and unsolved.

Current U.S President:

Dwight D. Eisenhower (first term)

Generation:

Baby Boomer