Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers Agree To $292 Million Contract

Two-time MVP Miguel Cabrera has agreed to a deal with the Detroit Tigers on a new 10-year contract that will pay him $292 million, reports ESPN. The deal will also include two additional vesting options worth $30 million apiece for years 11 and 12 that could bring the total of the deal to $352 million. The contract surpasses the 10-year, $275 million deal that Alex Rodriguez signed with the New York Yankees in December 2007, the largest in Major League Baseball history.

Kwame Kilpatrick, former Detroit mayor, sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble.



Kilpatrick, who served as mayor from 2002 until fall 2008, fattened his bank account by tens of thousands of dollars, traveled the country in private planes and even strong-armed his campaign fundraiser for stacks of cash hidden in her bra, according to evidence at trial.



"I'm ready to go so the city can move on," Kilpatrick told the judge. "The people here are suffering, they're hurting. A great deal of that hurt I accept responsibility for."

Pretending?: Detroit Teen Killed While Pretending To Play Russian Roulette

Detroit is no stranger to tragedy, and on Tuesday, loved ones wept for the senseless death of 16-year-old Antonio O'Neill.

A group of teens including O'Neill skipped school and were kicking it at one of their homes on Detroit's east side Tuesday. The teens were reportedly playing with a gun when it went off, leaving O'Neill shot in the head.

"They were playing with a gun. The gun went off. He got shot in the head, and one of the little boys took off," said Meda Winfield, O'Neill's cousin.

A family friend says the group was playing russian roulette when the firearm went off.

"They were playing roulette inside the house with a gun and whatnot, and it went off by mistake," said Delang Fouter, the family friend.

Winfield says Antonio was a good kid, but had recently began running with the wrong crowd. Police say the deadly gunshot wound was accidentally self-inflicted.