A little of this and a little of that

 An institution in the 518 has closed its doors.

Jack's Oyster House, at the corner of State & Broadway in Albany, had actually closed a while ago, while its owners were trying to figure out whether or not it's still viable.

In the last few days, they've thrown in the towel, and have decided to put the restaurant up for sale. The building, which housed WRGB's auxillary studio in Albany for a time in the 90's, is being priced at just over a million dollars.

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This month marks 31 years since WWE launched Monday Night Raw on USA Network as part of a company programming overhaul which also saw the debut of a Saturday morning highlight show, WWF Mania, hosted by ex-WFLY morning host Todd Pettengill. Mania gave way to Livewire after 3 1/2 years, and that series was gone by the turn of the millenium.

USA had dumped Raw in the fall of 2000. Now, 24 years later, it's saying goodbye again.

On Monday, it was announced that WWE had sold the rights to their flagship primetime program to Netflix for a staggering $500 million. NBC-Universal-Comcast, USA's parent company, could've ponied up just as much to make Raw exclusive to Peacock, but was outbid.

WWE had issues with ratings for the Monday programming, fluctuating as it has the last several years, especially during football season. They say you can't run away from your problems, but apparently, Nick Khan and Ari Emanuel have other ideas......

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Emanuel on Monday also welcomed aboard the People's Movie Star, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, to TKO's Board of Directors. One wonders if this leads to TKO buying a stake in UFL 2.0 prior to its relaunch at the end of March. Just sayin'.

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To the absolute surprise of, well, no one, there have been the usual complaints about officiating during the NFL playoffs. For the uninitiated, let's make this really simple.

During the post-season, game officials have more of a tendency to let the teams play, and ignore a lot of penalties. It's been a thing for years. In other words, they let the teams play the game playground style as needed. However, because of heightened tensions because of referee miscues throughout the season, with the NFL partnering with online betting sites as one of the alleged reasons why, we're going to keep seeing complaints every Monday until NFL owners and commissioner Roger Goodell are convinced that things need to change.

There's a better chance of Taylor Swift adorning the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, absent the long running mag being bounced from store shelves before it happens, before the owners actually do something noble for Joe Fan.

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A few inebriated sore losers decided to rain down some snowballs on Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes after the Chiefs eliminated Buffalo on Sunday night. Look, I get the frustration. KC avenged a December loss to the Bills with the playoff win on Sunday, but it's that post-season monkey that the Bills need to toss aside that's bothering the fan base.