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After a win on Friday night, the Wingnuts' clubhouse was filled with hope, resonated through the bass-pumping music and childlike banter between players who had a spot in the postseason on their minds.

Following Saturday's 4-3 loss to El Paso at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, there was no music, no banter and little hope. Wichita dropped to 3 ½ games behind Sioux Falls in the American Association with six to play in the first half.

The Wingnuts were saying all the things they would be expected to say in such a situation, but the downtrodden looks on their faces suggested they didn't really believe their own words.

"We've got six more and we plan on winning all six," Wichita third baseman Michael Thompson said. "We'll take tomorrow as it comes. It's a frustrating loss, but we've got to be ready to get right back at them tomorrow."

A standing-room-only crowd of 8,225, the largest at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium since an NBC Tournament game between the El Dorado Broncos and Nevada (Mo.) Griffons in 1998, saw Wichita attempt rallies in the late innings that ultimately came up short.

He walked on as a Kansas football player not once but twice and managed the unusual feat of being retained as a KU assistant off a fired staff.

All under the microscope of his hometown.

So that pretty much makes Clint Bowen the perfect fit for his new job as the Jayhawks' sole defensive coordinator.

"There's not much Clint can't do," said Troy Morrell, coach at Butler Community College, where he and Bowen were teammates in 1991.

KU made a living with unsung guys on the way to its record-setting 12-1, Orange Bowl-victory season in 2007, including many on a defense that ranked fourth nationally in points allowed and 12th in total defense.

Entering Friday, Richard Salazar had made 192 professional relief appearances and four starts. If he learns a windup and figures out how to control his digestive system, Salazar could be a perfect fit for the Wingnuts' rotation.

Salazar stepped into the N 5 starter's role and pitched six innings, allowing two runs in the Wingnuts' 8-3 win over El Paso at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

Wichita's win, coupled with Sioux Falls' loss to St. Paul, leaves the Wingnuts 2 ½ games behind Sioux Falls for first place in the American Association North Division. They have seven games remaining in the season's first half.

"It's a huge lift for this club to find Salazar and for him to step up," Wingnuts manager Kash Beauchamp said. "He's got to learn to be a starter now. He was about to throw up after he came out of the game -- he was exhausted. But he left it all out on the mound and I respect him for the effort he gave."

Salazar inherited the role from Ronnie Ball and Demetri White, who were released this week after both failed as the No. 5 starter. Ball and White were Nos. 1 and 2 in the league in walks. Salazar provided a polar-opposite performance against the Diablos.

Ever been to a great party that somehow, suddenly, went all wrong? The Royals threw one of those buzz-killers Friday night in a 9-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

Here they were, fresh off a sweep in St. Louis that completed a restorative road trip. Back home in front of a sellout crowd, swelled by the promise of a memorable fireworks display.

On cue, the Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead, which seemed plenty on a gorgeous night when right-hander Luke Hochevar had the Giants pounding his sinker into the ground for out after out.

Then it went all wrong.

The lead evaporated. Then Hochevar was out of the game. Soon Yasuhiko Yabuta was loading the bases with two, two-out walks in the sixth. All of which resulted in rookie Carlos Rosa being on the mound, for just his second big-league appearance, with the bases loaded against veteran Ray Durham.

As an accomplished public speaker, Byron Embry understands the power of words.

The Wingnuts closer saw that power work against him last weekend. After Embry incited a bench-clearing brawl by throwing behind St. Paul's Kevin Sullivan last Saturday, Embry made some inflammatory comments, including this one in last Sunday's Eagle:

"When you do something to one of my position players, now it's personal -- now I've got to kill you. The only reason he didn't get hit is because he's one of my boys. Anybody else, it could've got ugly. Emotions build sometimes and I throw balls too high and it could have been his helmet. Not meaning to, but I'm crazy. You don't mess with my position players."

That quote, more than the pitch to Sullivan or the ensuing melee, was the biggest reason for Embry's suspension and $200 fine, which the American Association handed down on Friday. Embry said he was caught up in the moment and started the postgame interview before he had fully calmed himself.

"I was angry, (ticked) off, confused, rage," Embry said on Friday. "That's something that I need to think about it. When I say I'm ready to talk, I've got to make sure I'm ready to talk. I said I was ready -- I wasn't ready."

Wichita State shortstop Dusty Coleman homered eight times, including two at Long Beach State's spacious Blair Field and one in the NCAA regional.

He may remember a batting practice home run just as fondly. Taking aim at the Green Monster in left field at Fenway Park does that. Coleman, a junior-to-be, practiced in Boston with the U.S. National team during its tour of New England this month.

"I did hit one over the Monster," he said. "I hit it off the Monster five or six times. You've got to hit it pretty hard to get it over that bad boy."

Coleman is playing shortstop and second base, and played third Friday night for the National team, which cuts 14 players on Tuesday to make its final roster of 22. Regardless of where Coleman finishes his summer, he is working on an important side project during practices. He wants to be a polished switch-hitter by the spring. A right-hander, Coleman switch-hit in high school before abandoning the tactic.

"I think I can get it going by the spring," Coleman said.

When Newton's Camri Zwiesler was a freshman, she got her first recruiting letter from a Division I volleyball program. While thrilled, it was also the moment she decided to improve her strength and physique.

"I knew Division I athletes were exceptional athletes, and basically I needed to get stronger and more agile," said Zwiesler, a senior at Newton who has signed to play at Arizona State.

Zwiesler is a perfect example of how female athletes have changed. The days of just placing a big girl in the paint in basketball or as a middle hitter in volleyball are disappearing.

Look around the Wichita area and you'll see more and more female athletes with toned, athletic bodies. That's thanks to an increased focus on strength and conditioning at the high school and college level.

More athletes, especially in volleyball and basketball, are more agile, powerful and quicker than those of even a decade ago.

NASCAR's annual trip to Sonoma, Calif., has always been a celebration for Jeff Gordon. Surrounded by family and friends, he enjoys some fine wine, a game or two of croquet and his many personal milestones.

Two years ago he threw an engagement party here, and last year he celebrated the birth of his first child. The party this trip is daughter Ella's first birthday, planned for after the garage closed Saturday at Infineon Raceway.

But if Gordon has it his way, the celebration will stretch to Victory Lane today with his first win of the year. He had already scored four of his six 2007 victories by this point last season, but the four-time Cup Series champion has struggled to duplicate those efforts this year.

He said he's "not yet" frustrated by this winless streak. Instead, his aggravation is directed at the ups and downs his Hendrick Motorsports team is experiencing.

"I'm more frustrated that we're not more competitive," Gordon said. "To me, you can be the fastest car out there and not get wins. So that's not really bothering me. What's bothering me is that we're hit or miss. We've put some top-fives together -- some of them we earned, some of them we earned by strategy.

Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta -- the 1994 and 1995 Top Fuel season champion who had 18 career victories, 17 in Top Fuel and one in Funny Car -- was taken to the Old Bridge division of Raritan Bay Medical Center, where he died a short time later.

Kalitta's Toyota Solara was traveling at about 300 mph when it burst into flames.

The Palmetto, Fla., resident started his career at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in 1982. His father, Connie Kalitta, was a longtime driver and team owner known as "The Bounty Hunter," and his cousin, Doug Kalitta, also drives competitively.

"We are deeply saddened and want to pass along our sincere condolences to the entire Kalitta family," the NHRA said in a statement. "Scott shared the same passion for drag racing as his legendary father, Connie. He also shared the same desire to win, becoming a two-time series world champion. He left the sport for a period of time, to devote more time to his family, only to be driven to return to the drag strip to regain his championship form. He will be truly missed by the entire NHRA community."

Kasey Kahne continued his recent hot streak Friday by winning the pole at Infineon Raceway for his best career starting position on a road course.

Kahne was the third driver to make his qualifying attempt and his lap around the twisting track at 92.153 mph was good enough to hold the top spot for the entire session. It was his second pole of the season, and second in three weeks.

It's Kahne's best start at a road course, bettering the second-place qualifying effort he made at Watkins Glen in 2006. His highest start in Sonoma was sixth that same season.

"To get the pole is always very difficult, especially at these tracks," Kahne said. "There's certain guys that seem like they are right there. We've been close here in the past, we've been close at Watkins Glen. So I felt I could make that one lap and come close to the pole and today we had a great Dodge and we were able to get it.

"I came in today thinking I had a good shot, but winning a pole at Infineon is tougher than it sounds."

Georgia can rest easy now. The Bulldogs are in the College World Series championship round.

The Bulldogs had gotten more rest than they wanted heading into Saturday's Bracket 1 final against Stanford. Coming off four days without a game, they unleashed their pent-up energy early and then withstood the Cardinal's ninth-inning comeback try to hold on for a 10-8 victory.

Now Georgia (44-23-1) awaits the winner of today's Fresno State-North Carolina game in the best-of-3 championship round that starts Monday. North Carolina, which beat undefeated Fresno State 4-3 on Saturday, plays Fresno State again today.

Rich Poythress tied a CWS record with three doubles, and Ryan Peisel hit a three-run homer that gave the Bulldogs a 9-3 lead in the fifth inning.

The Bulldogs beat Miami in their CWS opener and then Stanford on Monday. Their reward was supposed to be a three-day rest. But rain Thursday pushed the schedule back a day.

The United States women won the Peace Queen Cup tournament in Suwon, South Korea, beating Canada 1-0 on a 92nd-minute goal by Angela Hucles.

Goalkeeper Hope Solo made two game-preserving saves at the end of the match for the American women, who tuned up for the Beijing Olympics by winning their fourth tournament of the year. The Olympic roster will be announced Monday.

• Toronto FC's three-game home winning streak ended when it was held to a 0-0 tie by the struggling Kansas City Wizards, who are now winless in their past seven games. The Wizards (3-5-4) are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings and haven't scored in three games this month.... Kevin Goldthwaite scored an early goal for the undermanned New York Red Bulls, who held on for a 1-0 win and spoiled the debut of FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman.

TENNIS

Fourth-seeded Ivo Karlovic successfully defended his Nottingham Open title with a 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8) victory over Fernando Verdasco.

Payback -- Russia also gained some payback over Van Basten, whose amazing goal against the Soviet Union in the 1988 final in Munich helped the Dutch capture their only European crown.

Twists and turns -- In a championship which is taking unexpected twists every day, Russia now faces either Spain or Italy for a place in the final against either Germany or another upstart, Turkey.

The Spaniards play their quarterfinal against the Italians in Vienna today and, if the pattern continues, will be another group winner that will lose; Spain took Group D, Italy was second in Group C. The same happened for Group A winner Portugal, which lost 3-2 to Germany, and Group B winner Croatia, which went out in a penalty-kick shootout to Turkey. The Netherlands topped its group after three victories, and Russia started its campaign with a 4-1 loss to Spain.

At this rate, Turkey may be favored to beat the Germans and Russia could be a favorite to oust World Cup holder Italy in the semifinals.

Troy Dumais made it 3 for three.

Dumais earned his third trip to the Olympics with a dominating performance in 3-meter springboard at the U.S. trials Saturday, but he didn't take long to celebrate. He had barely crawled from the water when his focus shifted to the ultimate goal -- winning a gold medal in Beijing against the powerful Chinese team.

"I'm going to get back in the weight room on Monday morning," said Dumais, a 28-year-old native of Ventura, Calif. "The flame is burning as bright as ever."

Already spotted a 30-point head start because of his international success, Dumais didn't need any extra help. He earned a couple of perfect 10s for his second dive, overcame a bit of a wobble on his next-to-last attempt and blew away the 12-diver field with a total of 1,552.90 over three rounds.

"I wanted to treat this like the Olympics," he said. "In my mind, I kept saying I was behind. I wanted to push myself. I'm not going to be 90-something points ahead of the Chinese going to the last round."

Paul Hamm is going to his third Olympics, and he never had to do a routine.

The reigning Olympic gold medalist, who missed this week's trials with a broken hand, was selected for the U.S. team for the Beijing Games on Saturday afternoon, along with Jonathan Horton. The rest of the six-man team and/or a training squad will be announced today.

"It's strange. It doesn't feel the same as it would for Jonathan," said Hamm, who still has to show he's physically ready to compete at a July 22 training camp. "I understand where the committee stands, and I feel I can do the job they want me to do. But it's definitely a little bittersweet for me."

Hamm is three weeks removed from surgery to repair a broken fourth metacarpal in his right hand, which occurred in the closing seconds of his parallel bars routine at the national championships. It will be another two weeks before he can do "moderate" gymnastics.

But putting him on the team was a no-brainer. He is the only American man to win the world title (2003) and Olympic gold medal (2004), and had firmly established himself as a favorite to defend his title in Beijing.

Russia scored two goals in extra time Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the European Championship with a 3-1 upset win over the Netherlands.

Dimitry Torbinski and Andrei Arshavin scored within five minutes of each other in the second half of extra time. Roman Pavlyuchenko also scored for Russia, while Ruud van Nistelrooy scored for the Dutch in the 86th.

All three quarterfinals have been won by group runners-up. Russia will play the winner of today's match between Spain and Italy next Thursday.

It was a sweet victory for Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who enhanced his reputation of getting lesser known teams far in tournaments. The Russia coach guided South Korea to the 2002 World Cup semifinals, and he took Australia to the second round of the 2006 World Cup.

"What the boys did tonight, their commitment, to outplay tactically, physically a Dutch team -- after the game I don't want to talk in big words, but it's a miracle," Hiddink said. "It's super what the guys did. Super."

Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn.

Cink followed his opening rounds of 66 and 64 with a 5-under 65 to reach 15-under 195 on the TPC River Highlands, the best 54-hole score of his career.

Heath Slocum (64) was second, and defending champion Hunter Mahan (67, Vijay Singh (64), Kenny Perry (65), Tommy Armour III (65) and Kevin Streelman (62) were 12 under.

On a day when 24 golfers shot 66 or better, 17 players ended up within five shots of the lead going into today's final round. The average score of 68.2 was the best ever for a third round on the course.

Wegmans LPGA -- Norwegian star Suzann Pettersen shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 to open a three-stroke lead over Morgan Pressel and South Koreans Eun-Hee Ji and Inbee Park after the third round of the Wegmans LPGA in Rochester, N.Y.

Former Wichita State player P.J. Couisnard will attend a tryout camp for the Chicago Bulls beginning July 3 and play for the Bulls in the Orlando Pro Summer League with the Bulls team beginning July 7. Couisnard is represented by former Bulls guard B.J. Armstrong.

• Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd will be part of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, to be named Monday at a news conference in Chicago.

• Deanna Nolan scored a franchise-record 44 points, including 28 in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Detroit remained unbeaten at home with a 98-93 WNBA victory over Minnesota.... Alana Beard scored all of her 18 points in the second half as Washington defeated still-winless Atlanta 72-61.... Ann Wauters had 21 points and Sophia Young added 20 to lead San Antonio to a 77-75 win over Los Angeles.

TRACK AND FIELD

East High's Matt Byers threw the javelin 218 feet, 2 inches to finish second at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Byers, who finished second at the Class 6A meet last month, had the top throw until Arkansas' Luke Laird followed with a 219-8. Byers and Laird qualified for the World Junior Championships in Poland.

Turkey taught the European Championship another lesson in fortitude Friday night, advancing to the semifinals with a 3-1 shootout victory over Croatia.

The Turks needed a tying goal in injury time of the extra period after a 0-0 draw in regulation, just moments after the Croats seemingly had won it. Semih Sunturk, who later scored in the shootout, got the equalizer from just inside the area off a free kick by goalkeeper Rustu Recber from near midfield.

A minute before, Recber's error allowed Ivan Klasnic to score the match's first goal, in the 29th minute of extra time. Recber chased after a ball headed out of bounds, and Luka Modric passed it to Klasnic for a short header.

But the Turks, who rallied with two late goals to beat the Czech Republic and qualify for the quarterfinals, had another dramatic strike in them.

After that, it was relatively easy in the penalty-kick shootout. Modric and Ivan Rakitic shot wide, Turkey made its first three tries, and Recber dived left to save a penalty shot from Mladen Petric to clinch it.

Tim Federowicz's grand slam in the top of the ninth inning Friday night sent North Carolina to a 7-3 victory over LSU in a College World Series elimination game disrupted twice by rain in two days.

Louis Coleman had intentionally walked Tim Fedroff to load the bases with two outs before Federowicz turned on a 1-1 pitch and drove it into the middle of the stands in left field.

Carolina (53-13) moved to the Bracket 1 final against Fresno State today. The Tar Heels must beat the Bulldogs twice to return to the best-of-three championship series for the third straight year.

Alex White (12-3), who pitched into the eighth inning in Carolina's 8-4 victory over LSU last Sunday, got his second win of the CWS.

Coleman (8-1) was impressive for LSU (49-19-1) in the seventh and eighth innings. But Ryan Graepel doubled with one out, and things began to unravel for him.

Stewart Cink moved to the top of the Travelers Championship leaderboard Friday at Cromwell, Conn., making two long eagle putts in a 6-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of defending champion Hunter Mahan and two others.

Cink, the 1997 winner at TPC River Highlands, is seeking his first victory of the season after six top-10 finishes.

"I hope it's just a matter of time," said Cink, who opened with a 66 on Thursday en route to a 10-under 130 total. "I hope it's a matter of about two days."

It didn't look good early for Cink, who began the day at 4 under and promptly bogeyed the first two holes. He got one back with a birdie at the third before knocking in a 26-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 sixth. He bettered that shot by curling in a 49-foot right-to-left eagle putt on the 13th.

Mahan shot a 63, the best round of the day, to join Ken Duke and Lucas Glover at 9-under. Duke and Glover shot 66s.

It is the track where Steve Prefontaine became a star, where Bill Bowerman led his "Track Men of Oregon" and where Flounder was caught wearing a pledge pin on his uniform in "Animal House."

Venerable Hayward Field will be on display next week when the U.S. Olympic trials come to Eugene. But it will have a fresh look from the days of Prefontaine, Bowerman and Flounder.

There have been $8 million in improvements to the track in preparation for the trials. Many elite athletes got their first look at the changes at the recent Prefontaine Classic.

"I love the new stadium," said Sanya Richards, who placed first in the women's 400 meters at the Pre. "This is a great place to compete."

Former USA Track & Field chief executive officer Craig Masback, who resigned in January, once called Hayward Field "hallowed ground in our sport."

In the dim rehearsal room, where guitars hang from the walls like weapons, guitarist Braden Lefler, bassist Shane Blair and drummer Keegan Litke are having a go at the Cream classic "Sunshine of Your Love."

Problem is, this pint-sized power trio is a still a ways from sounding, or looking, like Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.

"Stop!"

Ian Demory, waving his arms around like a rock-and-roll drill sergeant, looks at drummer Litke.

When you're drumming, don't look bored, the dread-locked instructor commands.

Welcome to "Camp Rock."

The latest in Disney's line of musical cash registers made in the shape of a TV movie, it debuted Friday night on the Disney Channel, debuted again Saturday on ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney," and debuts again today on ABC Family, after which it will go on debuting around the world. You can already buy the soundtrack album, "Camp Rock: the Junior Novel," the "Camp Rock Rockstar Dreams Activity Book" and branded bedding, pajamas, things to drink from and eat out of, backpacks and capri pants.

Besides the singing and dancing, the heart of its pre-sold tween appeal is the presence of the mega-super popsters the Jonas Brothers, who are deeply enmeshed in Disney's cross-platforming empire, recording for its Hollywood Records, appearing on Radio Disney and prepping a Disney Channel sitcom, "J.O.N.A.S.!," whose acronym ("Junior Operatives Networking As Spies") should tell you all you need to know about that.

Those expecting a "Jonas Brothers movie" will be a little disappointed; brothers Nick and Kevin appear only intermittently, as two-thirds of the fictional musical group Connect 3. But there is a whole lot of Joe, the dreamy middle Jonas, as their bandmate Shane Gray, who as punishment for his negative attitude has been banished to a summer as a counselor at Camp Rock, a training ground for young rockers, of which he is also an alumnus. Like most princes charming, Shane is ultimately a secondary character, a foil to the princess, the agent who frees her from her metaphorical prison, who knows her deepest thoughts, who sees her as she is.

The Cinderella at hand is Mitchie Torres (Demi Lovato), whose dreams of going to the camp are made real when her mother takes a job as a cook there. Mitchie, who has to sneak off to work in the kitchen between classes -- not that we ever see much in the way of classes -- inflates her circumstances, gaining the interest of manipulative camp queen bee Tess Tyler (Meaghan Jette Martin), for whom she sacrifices the real friendship of quirky Caitlyn Geller (Alyson Stoner).

The walls of the Wichita Art Museum's Kurdian Gallery hold an exhibition so diverse, some viewers might think they're gazing at the paintings of several artists.

In fact, all are by the late Jerry Buchanan, a Wichita artist who spent most of his adult life in New York, immersed in the art scene and influenced by the works of Abstract Expressionist artists such as Willem De Kooning, Arshile Gorky and Wassily Kandinsky.

Buchanan was born in 1936 and died in 1992. He began his artistic career at the Wichita Art Association (now the Wichita Center for the Arts) after receiving his degree in painting at the University of Kansas.

While living in New York, with his paintings shown in many galleries, Buchanan worked regularly as an art instructor and guest lecturer at prestigious schools such as Princeton, Brown and Parsons School of Design.

Though Buchanan was influenced by Abstract Expressionism -- with its broad strokes, strong emotion and bold colors -- it remains difficult to pinpoint a specific style that defined him, said Stephen Gleissner, chief curator of the Wichita Art Museum.

Is it not enough that Angelina Jolie gets to play with Brad Pitt and shoot bad guys in $100 million movies? Must she also take food out of the mouths of people who use those mouths to make a living?

Jolie's role as the voice of Tigress in the animated flick "Kung Fu Panda," which also features Jack Black, is yet another example of the Hollywood Star-ization of the animated voicework industry. Last year brought Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zellweger in "Bee Movie," this year heard Steve Carell and Jim Carrey in "Horton Hears a Who!" and Friday comes Disney's "Wall E," with the voices of Sigourney Weaver and Fred Willard.

And it's not just the starring roles. Look at the list of voices on the Internet Movie Database for "Panda" or "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" (coming this fall), and you'll find the first 10 or so actors are household names.

"When the 'The Lion King' came out, there was no big deal made about who was in an animated movie," says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media by Numbers, which tracks box-office figures for the industry. "But you see now with 'Kung Fu Panda' -- it's all about star power and Jack Black."

So are microphones manned by big-name actors becoming a must for animated movies?

"The Visitor" scrupulously eschews big dramatic moments, yet this film packs a terrific wallop that will leave viewers unwilling (or unable) to immediately get to their feet as the final credits roll.

Many a movie huffs and puffs without generating a 10th of the emotion of Thomas McCarthy's sophomore effort, the low-key tale of a man who at age 60 finally discovers his passion.

Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, the character actor who portrayed the dead dad in HBO's "Six Feet Under") teaches economics at a Connecticut college -- or at least he goes through the motions. He has taught the same class for 20 years, his students bore him and he takes no joy from his job.

Which is not to say he's miserable. He seems to have striven for -- and finally achieved -- a state in which he doesn't feel much of anything.

Required to present a paper at a conference in NYC, Walter enters the Greenwich Village apartment he has rented since before his wife's death. There he finds the Syrian emigre Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and his Senegalese girlfriend, Zainab (Danai Gurira).

As if neurosurgery weren't dramatic enough.

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa is in the middle of removing a tumor from his patient's brain. Someone bumps into a piece of equipment. For a moment, it's unclear whether the sudden movement has harmed the man on the operating table.

And it's all caught on tape, as part of a new six-part series produced by ABC News.

"Hopkins," a follow-up to the acclaimed "Hopkins 24/7" from 2000, takes viewers inside the renowned hospital in Baltimore.

Quinones-Hinojosa said the presence of cameras didn't alter how he behaved, not even during surgery.

Whether you're playing in a cash game or a no-limit hold 'em tournament, a lot of poker advice suggests an automatic raise pre-flop in a blind-vs.-blind situation.

"They've only got it half-right," accomplished pro Daniel Negreanu said. "When you're in the small blind, you're supposed to minimize your loss because you're out of position. But when you're in the big blind, you're supposed to maximize your win. That's true of any situation with position, especially in tournament poker."

The power of position also requires some careful play, as Negreanu showed in this hand from the World Poker Tour's $15,000-buy-in Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic at Las Vegas' Bellagio in 2007.

With blinds at $400-$800 plus a $100 ante, action folded to the small blind, who just called the extra $400.

"I have Q-9 of clubs in the big blind," said Negreanu, one of the pros sponsored by the PokerStars online site. "Some players might raise with it, but I don't mind seeing a flop with that."