A little of this and a little of that

 Sports agent and Niskayuna principal JR Rickert is throwing his hat into the political ring.

Two months ago, Rickert announced that he was running for Niskayuna town supervisor in the coming election. Best of luck to Rickert on this latest venture.

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Over at LaSalle Institute, classes are continuing despite the fact that a good part of the campus is without heat due to some broken pipes.

Principal Steve Sgambelluri has said he is hoping the repairs will be completed by next week. Another curiosity is whether or not Sgambelluri, also the former men's basketball coach at LaSalle, will honor his other gig and call tonight's LaSalle-Catholic Central game on WNYA (7 pm ET). We'll see.

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The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have led to not only mass evacuations of residents, but changes in other facets.

The Los Angeles Lakers were forced to postpone a game at the Intuit Dome Thursday night.

CBS postponed the premiere of Hollywood Squares to January 16, feeling the light-hearted nature of the franchise would not be appropriate in the midst of the disasters. I've a feeling that this won't be the only postponement.

Finally, Monday's NFL Wild Card game between the Rams & Minnesota, set for SoFi Stadium, has been moved to Stare Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

The game will still air on ABC & ESPN, but it takes away the home field advantage for the 4th seeded Rams. The Chargers are in Houston tomorrow.

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Incoming president Donald Trump attended the funeral of the late Jimmy Carter on Thursday, which might've been the only good thing for him.

Elsewhere in Washington, the Supreme Court turned down Trump's request to halt his sentencing, scheduled for today, in the NY hush money case. Barring another last second appeal, Trump will be sworn in January 20 as a convicted felon, the first president to hold that distinction, and it's something he desperately wants to avoid, but it appears he has no recourse now.