QB Wells dazzles in debut for Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.VA. — Grant Wells threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns to set and tie, respectively, school records for a debut quarterback and Marshall rolled past Eastern Kentucky 59-0 on Saturday
in both teams’ season opener.
More college football: Sandon Mccoy ran for three first-half touchdowns and Army opened its season with a 42-0 victory over Middle Tennessee.
Cycling: Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France and Adam yates kept the overall lead over favorite Primoz roglic.
Soccer: The New York Red Bulls promoted Bradley Carnell to interim head coach, a day after firing Chris Armas .... Mauro Manotas scored on a header in the 85th minute and Houston beat Sporting K.C. 2-1 to give it a four-match undefeated streak while outscoring opponents 10-3 ... Kylian Mbappe scored to lead France to a 1-0 win at Sweden in the Nations League. raheem Sterling converted a penalty in second-half stoppage time to give England a 1-0 victory at Iceland in their first meeting since the tiny Nordic nation’s shock win at the European Championship four years ago.
WNBA: Skylar Diggins-smith scored a season-high 30 points and Phoenix beat the New York Liberty 83-67 for its sixth straight victory . ... Dewanna Bonner had 26 points and Alyssa thomas and Brionna Jones added 20 each to lead Connecticut over Indiana 96-77 . ... A’ja wilson scored 13 of her 21 points in the second half and Jackie young sparked a fourth-quarter run to help Las Vegas beat Atlanta 89-79. Autos: Brandon Jones swept past leaders ross Chastain and Denny hamlin with two laps left to take the Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway. Chastain held on for second, which locked up a playoff spot. ryan Sieg was third, riley herbst fourth and Hamlin fifth . ... Formula One champion Lewis hamilton set a track record (164.267 mph) at the Italian Grand Prix as he clinched a record-extending 94th pole position, nudging Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas into second place by just 0.069 seconds.