The couple married nine days after his release in July 2020 their first child, Jonathan Hughston Irons Jr., was born in February of last year. She stepped away from basketball in 2019, in large part to focus on and call attention to his case. Moore bankrolled a team of lawyers that would ultimately helped set Irons free. The duo clicked, and after a series of messages-many reprinted in the book-and conversations, they began to develop an intimate bond. When Moore met him, she was about to begin her college basketball career at the University of Connecticut. Despite a lack of physical evidence linking him to the crime, Irons was convicted by an all-white jury in 1998 and was given a 50-year sentence. Irons was 16 when he was arrested in 1996 for a nonfatal shooting. He was released from the hole, and continued exchanging letters and other correspondence with Moore, whom he had first met in 2007 at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri, through her godparents, who had taken an interest in his case. He woke up vowing to fight on, and things soon turned his way. “I couldn’t take the pain anymore,” he writes. “The air reeked of body odor and urine and fecal matter.” A defeated Irons contemplated suicide. She wrapped up her Lynx career as the franchise's all-time leader in scoring average (18.4), three-point shots made (530), and steals (449) while finishing second in points (4,984), field goals made (1,782), and blocks (176).“You never got used to the hole,” Irons writes in Love and Justice, a new memoir he co-wrote with Moore, who played an instrumental role in getting his conviction on burglary and assault charges overturned after he spent some 23 years in prison. Moore, a six-time All-Star, was also named WNBA MVP during the 2014 season when she averaged a league-leading 23.9 points and 8.1 rebounds. 1 pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Lynx and earned Rookie of the Year honors the following season. Moore had a sensational career in which she actually left in the midst of her prime to pursue her passion of social justice. Thank you for everything you have done for the league and the game of basketball as a whole □ /2Kf7OGpRzn- WNBA January 16, 2023Īs a result of announcing her retirement, Moore will be eligible to be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024 since she stopped playing four years ago. Maya Moore has officially announced her retirement from the #WNBA "We will always cherish her time in a Lynx uniform and we wish her the best as she continues to pursue this next chapter of her life." "On behalf of the Minnesota Lynx organization, I want to congratulate Maya on an incredible basketball career," Lynx head coach and President of Basketball Operations Cheryl Reeve said in a press release following Moore's official announcement. The 33-year old won four WNBA championships as a member of the Lynx, two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, and a pair of NCAA women's tournament titles with UConn. Moore accomplished a great deal on the basketball court. Be home for my community and family.That's what I'm moving into. I want to continue that in our next chapter. This is such a sweet time for us and our family. "I walked away four seasons ago, but wanted to officially retire. "Well, I think it's time to put a close to the pro basketball life," Moore said in the interview. That's what I'm moving into.” /wEx7PZCvWr- Good Morning America January 16, 2023 LIVE ON WNBA star announces her retirement from pro basketball: “I want to continue to be present at home, for our community, and also doing work with our nonprofit.
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