1.   And then there are those media members with intense interest only in every fist bump, glove thump and Gatorade gulp from Ichiro Suzuki.

2.   Another fist bump would bring them back to human form.

3.   A New York Times News Service article about the use of fist bumps instead of handshakes mischaracterized the status of the proposed merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq.

4.   Doherty also quotes Rolling Stones songs and is the first to offer fist bumps when a player comes off the court.

5.   Now, in a tougher, more guarded world, the fist bump is beginning to supplant it.

6.   Now an ESPN analyst, Carter remembers that original fist bump as having a special place in the NBA.

7.   The rise of the fist bump presages a time that is perhaps less willing to reveal itself.

8.   With its restraint and hint of machismo, the fist bump sends a more ambiguous message than the handshake, let alone the loosey-goosey, rapturous high-five.