The all-time great wants to continue to focus on work off the court. In the last week or so, we got an even deeper look into that work. Maya Moore left the WNBA in 2019 to help her now husband Jonathan Irons get his conviction overturned and win his release from prison remains non-committal. The man took the pistol from under the bed and went to pick up the phone. The previous month they had raided her house and the thieves had taken the cash that she kept in the closet. It all happened in January 1997 in Missouri, Maya Moores home region. We all knew Moore has done some remarkable work away from the court, especially over the last few years. Moore, to fight for the freedom of an innocent man. She has given the WNBA and its fans eight seasons of unparalleled performances, resulting in endless accolades and multiple memories etched in league history. She obviously has future Hall of Fame status once she officially retires. She has done just about everything possible during her playing career. If Moore decides she doesn’t want to return to basketball, that’s fine. Not that we have to give Moore any reassurance for the decisions she makes in her playing career or personal life, but her display of contentment with her off-the-court work and her new husband is a reminder to everyone that athletes have lives away from sports and their personal lives should be prioritized over a game. Moore hasn’t said she plans to retire from the WNBA, but after seeing the 32-year-old’s latest display of how passionate she is about her work outside of sports, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if she called it a career.
Moore joined the likes of Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Pat Summitt, and Billie Jean King.įollowing those two public appearances from Moore, it seems clear she’s pleased with her life away from basketball. Last Saturday, Moore took part in the 2021 ESPY Awards after being named the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Award, one of the most prestigious honors given out annually to individuals whose contributions transcend sports. Recently the basketball icon and legendary Minnesota Lynx wing has taken the national stoplight on two separate occasions to shed some insight on the work she’s been doing. Outside of occasionally appearing on Good Morning America, Moore hasn’t made many public appearances since announcing she would be taking a sabbatical from basketball to focus on criminal justice reform and specifically the case of her now-husband, Jonathan Irons, whose conviction Moore helped get overturned last summer after he spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. But in the last week or so, we have learned more about why one of the best ever to play the game has spent time away from basketball and why her work off the court has been so important to her. Since she stepped away from the basketball court after the 2018 season to focus on life outside of sports, we haven’t heard much from Maya Moore on the potential of her suiting up for the WNBA again.
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