Mural artist Curtis Lee Lewis II has painted many public tributes to Detroit heroes, like the Pistons and the Red Wings. He’s also painted heroes like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and boxer Joe Louis.

The March 7, Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks game has been picked as NBC’s “Game of the Week” and will be played at 12:30 p.m.

It’s still up in the air where the Detroit Red Wings will play their home games in a few years, but new Palace Sports & Entertainment president Alan Ostfield tells WDFN-AM Detroit’s Shep and Sharp that it makes sense for the Red Wings and the Pistons to share a venue.

Detroit forward Johan Franzen, back in action after missing four months with a knee injury, will reportedly replace Red Wings teammate Tomas Holmstrom on Sweden’s Olympic roster.

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings wanted to head into the Olympic break on a positive note. They did just that Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena.

DETROIT — Red Wings coach Mike Babcock says Niklas Kronwall will not play against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday and Tomas Holmstrom is questionable because of knee injuries.

A long list of injuries is one reason why the Detroit Red Wings are uncharacteristically on the playoff bubble this season. The Red Wings, though, are hoping to get a boost in that postseason drive with the return of Johan Franzen on Tuesday night against the St

LOS ANGELES — Michal Handzus scored his second goal on a rebound with 2:21 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings furiously rallied from a three-goal deficit to set a franchise record with their ninth straight victory, 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.

DETROIT — Red Wings captain and Swedish star Nicklas Lidstrom can vividly recall the sequence that set up his gold-medal winning goal at the 2006 Turin Olympics.

If the Detroit Red Wings could play everyone else as well as they do against the San Jose Sharks they wouldn’t have to fight to make it to the playoffs.