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Reality TV lovers on the lookout for “Preachers of Detroit” can rejoice: The show has an official air date.

Oxygen, which brought viewers “Preachers of L.A.,” is now gearing up for the Feb. 18 debut of the Motown spinoff “Preachers of Detroit,” the basic-cable network announced Wednesday. The series will air at 10 p.m. Wednesdays and focus on faith and family as seven men and women of the cloth share their triumphs and challenges in and out of the pulpit and around the metro area.

The star

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Stan Van Gundy will return to the sideline as coach and president of basketball operations for the Pistons, according to sources.
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The Detroit Pistons have reached an agreement in principle with Stan Van Gundy to make him their new coach and president of basketball operations, according to sources with knowledge of the talks.

Sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday night that Van Gundy and the Pistons have verbally agreed to a five-year pact worth an estimated $35 million,

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Jim Caldwell attends the 25th Annual Super Bowl Breakfast at Exposition Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on February 4, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Stephen Cohen/Getty Images North America)

Jim Caldwell attends the 25th Annual Super Bowl Breakfast at Exposition Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on February 4, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Stephen Cohen/Getty Images North America)

Jim Caldwell got a ringing endorsement from one of his mentors when Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew was doing his homework.

The Lions hired Caldwell on Tuesday to replace fired coach Jim Schwartz, ending a search that included a phone conversation between Mayhew and Tony Dungy.

“Marti

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The Detroit Lions are vying for running back Reggie Bush's services and hope to nudge the Arizona Cardinals out of the way.

Bush will visit the Lions on Wednesday, according to a person informed of the meeting. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition of anonymity because neither the team nor Bush's representatives has confirmed the visit publicly.
Bush is a warm-weather guy, having grown up in California. He then played for the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins. The Cardinals wo
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"Sparkle," a feature film about a musical sister act that's set in Detroit at the peak of the Motown era, has been approved for $3.1 million in Michigan film incentives.

 



The movie is a remake of the 1976 movie starring Irene Cara, Lonette McKee and Philip Michael Thomas that is set in Harlem and said to be inspired by the story of the Supremes. 
This version will be directed by Salim Akil, who helmed 2011's "Jumping the Broom," and produced by Debra Martin Chase, TD Jakes, and Akil and his
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