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The WNBA's trademark application for "Detroit Shock" suggests Detroit as a leading contender for a new team, with a bid led by Tom Gores.

Grand Rapids Gold founder and President Steve Jbara is among a supergroup of Southeast Michigan investors that has submitted a bid to attract a WNBA team back to Detroit.

The team trying to bring the WNBA back to Detroit includes Goff and his wife, Christen, Webber, former Pistons great Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia, Lions principal owner Sheila Hamp and husband, Steve, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her husband, Tony, and many others.

An investment group, led by Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and including Detroit Lions principal owner Sheila Hamp and General Motors CEO Mary Barra, submitted a formal expansion bid on Thursday for a WNBA franchise.

The owner of the Detroit Pistons is leading a supergroup of investors in an effort to bring a WNBA franchise back to Detroit.

The Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76ers are both looking to bring the WNBA to their respective cities. The Pistons announced Friday that team governor

The team of investors pushing to bring the WNBA back to Detroit includes: •Pistons owner Tom and Holly Gores •Lions owner Sheila Hamp •General Motors CEO Mary Barra •Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia •Ch