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A.J. Hinch is now, count 'em up, a 13-game veteran manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Or, shall we say, 13 games into being a coach at any level, having never even made a lineup card for intramurals in his Stanford heyday in the mid-1990s.

Trevor Cahill is going to be just fine once he and the A's offense get on the same page. The A's wasted the longest and one of the more impressive outings of Cahill's young major league career Friday in a 2-1 loss to the Arizona

Serena and Venus Williams were drawn in opposite sides of the French Open field Friday, while the men's semifinals could pit four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal against Andy Murray, and Roger Federer against Novak Djokovic. Second-seeded Serena - one of two past women's champions in the draw - will meet Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in the first round. Third-seeded Venus faces Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States in her opener.

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The Arizona Republic reports Suns center Amar'e Stoudemire is working his back following eye surgery. From an October poke that tore his right iris to a February strike near the same eye, Stoudemire had suffered cumulative trauma that led to the Feb. 20 surgical discovery of relatively large tears on his right eye's retina. A thick fluid under the retina must be removed for Stoudemire to heal but draining it was too risky in February, leaving Stoudemire to wait for his body to resorb the fluid and nerve cells to regenerate. The team initially had announced that the surgery would put Stoudemire out for eight weeks, leaving some playoff hope open until the surgeon ruled that out two weeks later, saying the recuperation could take months. The surgeron is seeing Stoudemire every week to two weeks and will require Stoudemire to don protective eyewear for the rest of his basketball career. Stoudemire now has 20/25 vision with glasses. Suns GM Steve Kerr is in regular contact with the surgeon

The Arizona Republic reports Suns guard Steve Nash and his agent have let the Suns know that they will wait to see how the roster is altered before getting serious about negotiating a two-year contract extension. Nash's contract is slated to expire after the 2009-10 season.

After a 10-win 2007 season, Arizona St. fell to 5-7 in 2008. Which Sun Devils will we see in 2009? CFN tries to figure it out.

Movin' On Up: Zavada lifts Arizona

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- Purdue's Maria Hernandez shot a 1-under 71 on Friday for a one-stroke victory in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, and Arizona State beat UCLA by eight shots for its seventh team title.

The Arizona Republic reports that Diamondbacks 1B Conor Jackson has found the cause of his recent illness. He had valley fever, which led to a bout of pneumonia. On Thursday, Jackson left home for the first time in a week.