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When the 2016 summer Olympics kick off in Brazil tonight, there will be plenty of opportunities to root for Michigan.Ten athletes who call the state their…

The public radio production Radio Diaries was recognized today with a George Foster Peabody Award for its production 'Teen Contender.'The first-person…

Vice President Joe Biden, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, will all make campaign stops in southeast Michigan this…

Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields has won the first US women’s gold medal in boxing.And her hometown of Flint is celebrating. Residents came together to…

Scroll down for the result!U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal today, beating Russia's Nadezda Torlopova.The 17-year-old Shields…

Flint’s Olympic female boxer Claressa Shields will fight for a gold medal. The boxer's family and friends gathered to watch their hometown athlete in her…

Flint's hometown darling, 17-year old boxer Claressa Shields, will be heading to London this summer to compete for Olympic gold.The Detroit Free press…

16 year old Claressa Shields dominated another more experienced fighter in Tuesday's Olympic women's boxing trials. Shields is now a step closer to her…

16 year old Claressa Shields is the youngest fighter trying to win a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team. She made her case for representing the U.S. in…

Women will compete for Olympic medals in boxing for the first time this summer. One of the women training hard for a shot at Olympic boxing gold is a…