Detroit Pistons Hire Mannion As New President

Dennis Mannion, former Los Angeles Dodgers president, has been hired to helm the Detroit Pistons and their parent company, Palace Sports and Entertainment, which also owns the Palace of Auburn Hills (Mich.) arena and the nearby DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich.

The storied franchise has had a difficult run the past two years with declining ticket sales and an ownership shuffle, not to mention a sagging local economy that has been hit particularly hard by the global economic r...