Via ClutchFans, here’s video of last night’s shoving match. As you’ll see, Suns forward Matt Barnes starts it up by popping Rockets guard Rafer Alston in the grill, and all the big names — Tracy McGrady, Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Shaquille O’Neal — get involved from there.

Notice their excitement and enthusiasm.

This was from a rally where his teleprompter glitched. Just proves to me that he can’t think on his feet.

SUMTER, S.C. – An ex-convict who thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday.

Quentin Patrick, 22, is accused of killing 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw on Friday night. T.J.’s 9-year-old brother, Ahmadre Darrisaw, and their father, Freddie Grinnell, were injured but were released after being treated at a hospital.

The family attended a Halloween celebration in downtown Sumter, 45 miles east of Columbia, then stopped at Patrick’s house because the porch light was on, police said. Another sibling was with them, but wasn’t hurt. (more…)