AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons will officially flip to a new chapter in their storied franchise when they begin preseason play Wednesday in downtown Detroit's Little Caesars Arena.
However, for the last 29 years, the Pistons called a different place home — the Palace of Auburn Hills, a state-of-the-art arena which was the epicenter of the franchise's most triumphant days, and it's more horrific ones, too.
Longtime Pistons play-by-play radio man Mark Champion witnessed the action for 23 of those seasons, and, with that distinct voice (also used to narrate the Walt Disney post-Super Bowl commercials for many years), provided a backdrop for some of the more significant moments in Detroit sports history.
Sunday Q&A: As Pistons depart Palace, longtime radio voice Mark Champion travels down memory lane
