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Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Antonio Brown scored two touchdowns and the Pittsburgh Steelers captured their first AFC North title since 2010 with a 27-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night. Brown opened the scoring with a 71-yard punt return for a touchdown, then put the game away late in the fourth quarter with a 63-yard TD catch. He ended with seven catches for 128 yards. The Steelers (11-5), who ended the regular season with four straight wins, secured the No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 seed Baltimore next Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET. The Bengals (10-5-1) will play at the fourth-seeded and AFC South-champion Colts next Sunday at 1:05. Ben Roethlisberger, who played through an upset stomach, completed 24-of-38 passes for 317 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for the Steelers. The talk in Pittsburgh this week will be about LeVeon Bells right knee. Bell left in the third quarter with a hyperextended knee following a collision with Cincinnati safety Reggie Nelson. Prior to the injury, Bell carried the ball eight times for 20 yards and caught six passes for 80 yards. Andy Dalton completed 27-of-38 passes for 244 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Bengals. Jeremy Hill carried the ball 23 times for 100 yards. Trailing 20-17, the Bengals had a shot to take the lead when they blew up a Steelers fake punt with about six minutes left in the game. Punter Brad Wings pass was intercepted by Dane Sanzenbacher. But the Bengals quickly gave the ball back to the Steelers. Cornerback Antwon Blake forced wide receiver A.J. Green to fumble at the Pittsburgh 30 with 3:51 left. Brown sealed the victory with his 63-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown. The Steelers took a 7-0 lead on Browns punt return score. Brown started to his right, reversed field and raced down the left sideline with 10:50 left in the first quarter. The Bengals were driving when Brice McCain picked off Dalton at the Pittsburgh 2-yard line. The Steelers failed to capitalize, going three-and-out. Cincinnati started from the Pittsburgh 42 following a short punt. Brandon Tate kept the drive alive with a 14-yard catch on 4th-and-3. Three plays later on 3rd-and-6, Dalton completed a 17-yard shovel pass to Giovani Bernard for a touchdown. Bernard jumped over a defender before going in for the game-tying score with 2:43 remaining in the period. The Bengals got the ball right back following a Pittsburgh turnover. Wallace Gilberry recovered for the Bengals at the Pittsburgh 34. Cincinnati, however, had to settle for a 39-yard Mike Nugent field goal with 12:32 left in the second quarter. The Steelers moved the ball to the Cincinnati 11-yard line, but had to settle for a 29-yard Shaun Suisham field goal. McCain came up with his second interception of the game just two plays into the ensuing Cincinnati possession. Martavis Bryant then took a wide receiver screen 21 yards for a touchdown to give the Steelers a 17-10 lead. Pittsburgh tacked on three more points before the half. Suisham capped an 11- play drive with a 25-yard field goal. Nugent missed a 50-yard field goal on the first possession of the second half. The Steelers were driving late in the third quarter when Roethlisberger was picked off by Nelson. The Bengals then put together an impressive 15-play, 89- yard drive that Jermaine Gresham capped with a 5-yard TD catch. Game Notes Pittsburgh also beat the Bengals in Cincinnati on Dec. 7 ... The punt return touchdown was the third of Browns career ... Green caught eight passes for 82 yards for the Bengals, who won the AFC North last year ... The Steelers won their sixth AFC North title. Cheap Jerseys . "He started putting me on the ice to strengthen them at the suggestion from a doctor," he said. Weight said it wasnt a pretty sight at the rink in St. Clair Shores, Mich. 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But in the case of Hurtado, its what the coach is NOT saying that may be the secret to a superb run of form.SAN ANTONIO -- Kawhi Leonard could have been devastated by losing last seasons NBA Finals. Instead, he vowed to get better. Just think -- the San Antonio Spurs youngest star is only getting started. Hes a champion now, with the Spurs beating the Miami Heat 104-87 on Sunday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, finishing off a 4-1 triumph. And after watching the Heat celebrate last season, Leonard was the pick as MVP of the series, accepting his award from 11-time champion Bill Russell. "Everybody is just living in the moment right now," Leonard said. "Really dont know whats going on." Hell figure it out quick. After all, the Spurs know titles -- this one being their fifth since 1999. When Commissioner Adam Silver announced Leonard as the MVP, he was mobbed by his teammates and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich roared with laughter, knowing Leonard would have to do what he hates most -- talk about himself. "Right now, its just surreal to me," Leonard said. "I have a great group of guys behind me." Leonard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, his third straight big game in the series. He fouled out in the fourth quarter, which was barely noticed after the job he did helping keep LeBron James in some sort of check over the final three quarters. When it was over -- actually, a few seconds before it was over -- James led a group of Heat players down to the Spurs bench foor the first round of congratulatory hugs.dddddddddddd The first one he gave, and rightly so, was to Leonard. It was James taking the trophy from Russell in each of the last two seasons, after Miamis titles. This time, the night belonged to Leonard, a 22-year-old who the Spurs have long thought was the heir apparent to the Big 3 of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. "The first two games, he didnt play so well," James said about Leonard. "I thought he attacked more in the last three games, shot the ball extremely well." Added Heat guard Dwyane Wade: "Its like he just played free. ... Hes the future of this team." The Big 3 in San Antonio is still championship-good. But their key guy now might be Leonard, who just took over this series. "Hes a great learner and hes super competitive, has a drive to be the best thats really uncommon in our league," Popovich said. "He walks the walk. I mean, hes there early, hes there late. He wants more. He wants me and the coaches to push him. So I just talked to him about not being in that defer sort of stage. The hell with Tony, the hell with Timmy, the hell with Manu, you play the game. You are the man." In this series, he absolutely was. Leonard averaged 17.8 points on 61 per cent shooting. And he became the youngest Finals MVP since Duncan won it for the Spurs in 1999. ' ' '