Tigers great Hank Greenberg and boxing legend Joe Louis – two of the many athletes that earned Detroit the nickname “City of Champions.”

Photo courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University.


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Bob Seger inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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