Hockey Goalie Mikayla Demaiter Is Still A Star, Emily Elizabeth's In White & UConn Wins Back-To-Back Titles
UConn wins another one
UConn has done it. The Huskies have won back-to-back titles after taking down Purdue 75-60 on Monday night. They pulled away in the second half, but the game never felt like the Boilermakers were going to be the ones hoisting the trophy.
Purdue big man Zach Edey was a one-man show and did everything he could to try to take down UConn. He led all scorers in the game with 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss.
In the end, Dan Hurley's Huskies were too much. They became the first repeat champions in college basketball since Florida did it in 2007.
After the game, Hurley was feeling it. He decided to use some of his time on the mic to hype up his school before he turns his back on them and heads to Kentucky.
Just kidding, I don't think he's going anywhere.
"UConn's been running, for the last 25-30 years, UConn's been running college basketball," Hurley said postgame. "And I see all the former champs over there, and we've been running college basketball the last 30 years. Let's go!"
Now it wouldn't be a proper UConn win without Bill Murray getting in on the celebration. Did you know his son is on the Huskies coaching staff?
Of course, you did. That was called sarcasm.
Anyway, Bill spent some time after UConn took care of business with both his son and the trophy last night to put a neat little bow on the whole thing.
• John from SD writes:
UConn winning seemed predictable (-7.5). Purdue relying on one player to win the game was a bust from the beginning. B1G had two chances as a conference to win a championship, too bad! More camera shots of Hurley’s wife would’ve been appreciated.
Golf; a day too late. A PGA tour player injuring himself in a tournament on a tying putt on the 18th to force sudden death is about as weak as it gets. We’ve seen NFL, NBA, MLB players injured during celebrations, not PGA players doing fist pumps!
Great job filling in!
Thanks for reaching out John. I couldn't agree more with you. Hurley's wife was the true star of the tournament and the coverage of her was inadequate to say the least.
She should have had much more camera time.
The golf injury fist pumping is right up there with the guy who hurt himself sneezing. How does that even happen? It's a moment which should be followed by some reflection.
If you hurt yourself fist pumping while playing golf, then physical activity of most kinds might not be for you.
A man faked his own death to avoid child support
Who hasn't fantasized about faking their own death and starting a new life? A Kentucky man actually went through with it. Unfortunately for him, his scheme didn't work.
Jesse Kipf was attempting to avoid paying more than $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife when he decided to fake his own death. His over the top plan involved accessing the death registry systems in several states, which only added to his troubles.
While he was busy doing that, the 39-year-old also hacked into the networks of private businesses and others then attempted to sell the access online.
Now, instead of just the $100,000 he owed his ex-wife, he's on the hook for almost $200,000. According to his plea agreement, his crimes resulted in more than $195,000 in damages that he has agreed to pay restitution for.
Kipf still faces a maximum of seven years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines.
Bottom line, if you're going to fake your own death, don't go around hacking into death registries or company and government networks. Just pop up on a beach somewhere and try not to attract any attention.
An all-time moment from The View
Before I wrap up this Tuesday edition of Screencaps, I want to share an all-time moment from The View and one of the brilliant minds who co-hosts the show.
Sunny Hostin used some of the show's valuable airtime trying to connect cicadas, earthquakes, and the eclipse to climate change. No seriously. This is not an SNL skit.
She said, "All those things together would maybe lead one to believe that, you know, that either climate change exists or something is really going on."
It was such an outrageous statement that even Whoopi had to jump in a couple of times and attempt to correct Hostin. I'm not sure those attempts worked.
That's all I've got for today. The Instagram embeds, unfortunately, are still an issue and the clock is ticking on whether the issue will be fixed before Joe returns on Thursday.
As always, feel free to reach out to me @sjoseph_sports on X or via email at sean.joseph@outkick.com.