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07.18.11 The game plan

July 18, 2011 at 12:30AM

THE BUZZ Disappointing results for the Americans abroad. Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson become Sandwich meat, then women's soccer implodes in penalty kicks.

REMOTE PATROL A sort of huge split doubleheader, but it's a couple of emergency starters getting the nod for the Twins against Cleveland (12:10 and 7:10 p.m., FSN).

CLICK PICK On The Hockey News' website, Ryan Kennedy writes that the NCAA conference shakeup presents opportunity, not misery, for Minnesota's WCHA holdovers.

STAR GAZING Retired Avalanche star Joe Sakic made a $1 million hole-in-one Sunday -- half goes to him, half to charity -- at a celebrity tournament at Lake Tahoe.

FAST FACT You can't make this stuff up: North Korea blamed musk deer gland medicine used after a lightning strike for five positive steroids tests at the World Cup.

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