Owen Yancher: Yet another reason to be a little more thankful Shares For the first time in almost 500 days, I watched a Sacramento Kings game, in person, Monday night. It was the same Golden One Center, the same Kings (nearly blowing a 17-point lead in the closing minutes), UC Davis alum Scott Moak was still the public address announcer and Kayte Christensen was still still sitting next to Kyle Draper at the NBC Sports California desk when I walked into the arena. At the same time, absolutely nothing was the same … Parking was a breeze. Entering and exiting the building took all of two minutes. I was required to present my COVID-19 vaccine passport upon entry. And once inside, between every six to eight seats, throughout the entire arena, were the cardboard cutouts sports fans have become all too familiar with during the pandemic.