1.   The camera isolated on Rutgers coach Doug Graber immediately after the score, then zeroed in on his meeting with Paterno for the perfunctory postgame handshake.

2.   The lasting picture is that of a bloodied, seemingly dazed Richard exchanging a postgame handshake with Henry, whose own eyes were blackened from a broken nose.

3.   The postgame handshake turned into an exchange of curse words.

4.   The Rangers went through more than the routine postgame handshakes on the pitching mound yesterday.

5.   The UMass players were mobbed on the field during the postgame handshakes following the first home playoff win in school history.

6.   There were one-run victories, big comebacks, smiles from Shawn Estes, power hitters trotting around the bases and lots of postgame handshakes.

7.   When the two teams met for postgame handshakes, Gallo was conspicuous in the way he shook each hand firmly.

8.   Then came the postgame handshakes, which were slowed because Detroit defenseman Viacheslav Fetisov hugged practically every New Jersey player.