NEW YORK — After weeks of insisting they wouldn't cave in, NFL officials did just that. Now all of America can see the Patriots' shot at history.

Saturday night's game between New England and the New York Giants on the NFL Network, which is available in fewer than 40 percent of the nation's homes with TVs, will be simulcast on CBS and NBC.

The Patriots could become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season.

This will be the first three-network simulcast in NFL history and the first simulcast of an NFL game since the inaugural Super Bowl in 1967, when CBS and NBC televised the meeting of the champions of the newly merged National Football League and American Football League.

SAN DIEGO — Mark Prior has a chance to revive his once-promising career with his hometown San Diego Padres in pitcher-friendly Petco Park.The former ace agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract Wednesday, making him the second postoperative pitcher to join the Padres in less than a month.Prior's career has been sidetracked by various injuries. He missed the 2007 season with the Chicago Cubs after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder April 24. He last pitched in 2006, going 1-6 with a 7.21 ERA while being limited to nine starts because of shoulder pain.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach Bob Knight was reprimanded by the Big 12 Wednesday for comments he made about officiating after a loss to New Mexico earlier this month.The reprimand, issued Monday, resulted from Knight's arguing about Lobos freshman Dairese Gary's one-handed 47-footer at the halftime buzzer in New Mexico's 80-63 victory Dec. 15. Knight didn't think Gary released the shot in time."I thought it was a horrendous call," Knight said after the game.Knight's comment violated the Big 12's sportsmanship code, which prohibits public comments about officiating, the conference said in a statement.

WASHINGTON — Bruce Boudreau became the Washington Capitals' coach Wednesday when the team dropped the "interim" tag from his title.The announcement came hours before the Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 to improve to 8-5-3 under Boudreau, who took over for the fired Glen Hanlon on Thanksgiving Day.