Maya Moore Makes History by Walking Away

Maya Moore Makes History by Walking Away

WNBA superstar Maya Moore joins the show to talk about her big decision to walk away from basketball to fight for social justice.

Dave Zirin
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This week we speak to one of the great basketball players of all time, Maya Moore, talking to us about her unprecedented decision to walk away from hoops to organize around the worst aspects of our criminal justice system.

We also have Choice Words about Colin Kaepernick and the NFL quarterback crisis. And we have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards for legendary wide receiver Calvin Johnson and NCAA football coach Mike Leach, and more.

Maya Moore
Twitter: @MooreMaya
Maya Moore Left Basketball. A Prisoner Needed Her Help.

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.


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