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Pats’ game to air on CBS and NBC

The New England Patriots’ shot at history Saturday night will be available for every household in the country with a television after months of wrangling.

The game against the New York Giants, in which the Patriots could become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season, was originally scheduled to be shown only on the NFL Network, which is available in fewer than 40 percent of the nation’s homes with TVs.

But the league announced Wednesday that the NFL Network feed will be simulcast on NBC and CBS. It’s a major concession by league officials, who repeatedly said they would not show the game anywhere but the NFL Network. The NFL had faced mounting pressure from politicians in recent weeks to make the game available to more viewers.

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

College football

WSU’s Collins makes Shrine Game

Washington State University senior tight end Jed Collins has been selected to compete in the 83rd annual East-West Shrine game.

Collins set the single-season record for Cougars tight ends with 52 receptions in 2007. He accumulated 512 yards and three touchdowns, and caught a career-high 10 passes against both Arizona and Stanford en route to being named second-team All-Pacific-10 Conference.

The game will be held Jan. 19 on the University of Houston campus.

College football

Temple coach won’t pursue UCLA job

Temple coach Al Golden withdrew his name from consideration for the opening at UCLA and will remain with the Owls.

Golden, 5-19 in his first two years at Temple, interviewed twice for the job that opened after the Bruins fired Karl Dorrell. Golden led the Owls to a 4-8 record this season, their highest win total in five years. Temple has not had a winning record since 1990.

Men’s basketball

Harmeling’s thumb requires no surgery

Washington State announced that redshirt junior forward Daven Harmeling won’t need surgery for his right thumb, which he broke during last Friday’s practice.

Harmeling’s injury will be X-rayed in two weeks.