Maya Moore, the NCAA, WNBA and Olympic champion who stepped away from basketball to work on social justice issues and help overturn the wrongful conviction of her future husband, officially announced Monday she is retiring from her playing career.
She spoke to media about the memories she has from her time with the UConn women’s basketball team, where she was part of two perfect seasons, and the Minnesota Lynx, a dynasty that won four WNBA titles and appeared in the league finals six times during Moore’s eight-season WNBA career.
Moore, 33, also recalled her international career, playing in Spain, China and Russia, plus winning two gold medals for the United States in both the Summer Olympics and the FIBA Women’s World Cup.
But Moore left all of that behind after the 2018 WNBA season, at age 29 and in the prime of her career, to help longtime family friend Jonathan Irons get a 50-year prison sentence overturned, which happened in 2020. Moore and Irons then married that year and had a son last summer.
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