CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) β Ben Roethlisberger threw two 7-yard touchdown passes to Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell ran for 147 yards and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Carolina Panthers 37-19 Sunday night. The Steelers had gone eight quarters without a touchdown before Roethlisberger’s two scoring strikes in the third.
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) β Joey Logano pulled away on the restart to win a green-white-checkered finish Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and advance to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Logano and Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski have both advanced to the next round.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) β Cam Atkinson scored twice and Anton Forsberg made 29 saves to help a Columbus Blue Jackets split squad beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday in the exhibition opener for both teams. Nick Foligno and Mike Hoeffel added goals for Columbus. Chris Terry, Riley Nash and Andrej Sekera scored for Carolina.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) β Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says five-star freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson will get the start in the next game against North Carolina. Swinney said Sunday that Watson’s play in a 23-17 overtime loss to No. 1 Florida State earned him the right to start Saturday.
