Maya Moore didn’t want ‘night to end’ as Lynx retire No. 23 jersey
MINNEAPOLIS — Lynx legend Maya Moore shed tears Saturday night as she stood at center court to see her No. 23 jersey retired to the rafters of the Target Center. Moments after the Minnesota team she once led wrapped up a playoff spot with a …
Winning with Justice with Maya Moore Irons
Maya Moore Irons’s career speaks for itself. As a multi-time champion and all-star for the NCAA and WNBA and an Olympic gold medalist, she achieved almost every success possible in the sport. Yet she shocked the sports world when she left the basketball court at …
SLAM’s Official Archivist Details Maya Moore’s Excellence and Tracking Down Her Illustrious SLAM Cover
In the summer of 2018, a silent time bomb detonated in the SLAM kingdom. Maya Moore claimed a historic spot on a three-part cover series that completed the issue 217 set. Significantly, she was only the second female to do so. The first was when …
Love, Basketball, & Justice: An Interview with Maya Moore Irons & Jonathan Irons
Maya Moore was a WNBA Champion, MVP, and superstar when she left the game in her prime to pursue more justice in the US criminal justice system. The incarcerated man she advocated for, Jonathan Irons, had been advocating for prison reform from the inside. Now …
Basketball Legend Maya Moore, husband Jonathan Irons to share justice reform efforts in April 24th Keynote
Oglethorpe University students have been engaging with the Core curriculum’s theme of “crime and punishment” this academic year, and now they will have an opportunity during the 2024 Liberal Arts and Sciences Symposium (LASS) to hear from Hall-of-Fame basketball player and Arthur Ashe Award for …
Maya Moore Irons Inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – UConn women’s basketball legend Maya Moore Irons was officially inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024 last Saturday. Moore is one of the most decorated basketball players, winning two NCAA Championships, four WNBA …
Maya Moore Accepts Arthur Ashe Award for Her Work with Criminal Justice Reform at 2021 ESPY Awards
Maya Moore is the 2021 recipient of the Arthur Ashe Award. At this year’s ESPY Awards, the WNBA star, 32, was presented with the prestigious honor by Robin Roberts on what would have been Ashe’s 78th birthday. To accept her award, Moore was escorted to …
After Helping Her Husband Gain Freedom, Maya Moore Savors Her Own
Moore, the 2014 W.N.B.A. M.V.P., is reveling in married life and continuing a fight for criminal justice reform alongside Jonathan Irons, whom she married after helping him win his release from prison after 23 years. Continue reading (via NY Times) …
WNBA legend Maya Moore to be presented with Arthur Ashe Courage Award at 2021 ESPYS
WNBA legend Maya Moore, who walked away from basketball to help free a wrongfully convicted man, will be presented with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at The ESPYS on July 10 (8 p.m. ET/ABC). Moore, 32, a former WNBA MVP who has won four WNBA …
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