It seems my look at Marvel’s latest audit figures and how they apply to the nearly year-old argument of whether three issues of one Spider-Man title compare to three Spider-Man titles has been a bit… politicized… on the message boards.  Circulation numbers are being used as part of an argument about [...]

We finally have answers to the Spider-Man subscriptions question. On August 12, 2008, in a CBR interview Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort said “Everyone is saying the book will be cancelled any day now. I could float the book on my subscribers alone at this point.”
The question of whether [...]

ESPN reports the Clippers have shipped Zach Randolph to the Memphis Grizzlies for the expiring contract of swingman Quentin Richardson.  This is an interesting trade that might actually benefit both teams, but for slightly different reasons.
The Clippers desperately needed to free up minutes for their first over-all pick and potential superstar, [...]

ESPN is reporting that Ben Gordon and Charlie Villenueva have come to terms with the Detroit Pistions and will theoretically be signing on or after July 8th.  Gordon is said to be signed to a 5 year, $55 million contract, which is consistent with the $11 million/year rumors being floated by [...]

Prior to the 2009 NBA Draft, the Orlando Magic traded Rafer Alston, Tony Battie and Courney Lee to the New Jersey Nets for Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson.  For Orlando, it’s pretty obvious they wanted to upgrade the backcourt scoring and hedge their bets against Hedo Turkoglu.  With the Nets, [...]

If you heard there was a comic book called “Barack the Barbarian,” odds are you thought it was going to be a cheap money grab, juxtaposing Barack Obama with the Conan the Barbarian comics he’s said to collect. Turns out you’d be wrong. Barack the Barbarian, subtitled “Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli!” [...]

UPDATED: Adding the Amir Johnson Trade
ESPN has reported the San Antonio Spurs have traded the expiring contracts of Bruce Bowen and Kurt Thomas for Richard Jefferson.  In a move reminiscent of the Lakers trading spare parts for Pau Gasol, the Bucks have gotten some cap relief to attempt to sign two [...]

While the elite free agent star power of the 2010 free agent class is the one that gets all the hype, the 2009 free agent class has its fair share of starters and quality role players.  I’ve broken the class down into three categories and given the categories a rough pecking [...]

Looking at comments online, there seem to be two distinct camps for Captain America #600’s Monday release: places where practically no one batted an eyelash on Monday and places where it was a hot ticket.  This isn’t too surprising since while there was some publicity, it was spotty and much [...]

Is Gareb Shamus stealing a page from Danny Ocean?
The Beat noted an interesting quote about a survey being conducted at The Big Apple Con: “If Big Apple Con added a casino, would you stay and gamble?”
Want to know the secret behind that question?  Open source intelligence reveals all.
You may recall [...]