Maya Moore put her career on hiatus to help 39-year-old Jonathan Irons get released from prison, and on Monday, Irons' initial conviction was overturned. "This day has been a long time coming. We are just so grateful," Moore told Katie Barnes.
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- "Whether a person decided to fight for social justice, play basketball, focus on physical or mental health, or simply connect with their families, this initiative can hopefully support their priorities and decisions.” — Kyrie Irving
- Doris Burke will reach another milestone later this month when she calls the conference finals and NBA Finals for ESPN Radio, becoming the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a network television or radio broadcast this deep into the postseason.
- Brittney Griner pulled on a pair of black Chuck Taylor sneakers, Phoenix Suns shorts and a T-shirt touting Title IX, and picked up a basketball Sunday for the first time in almost 10 months, her agent told ESPN. Her first act was a dunk.
- BREAKING: Maori Davenport is set to play for Charles Henderson on Friday after an Alabama circuit judge has granted a temporary restraining order on the AHSAA ruling.
- South Carolina and coach Dawn Staley have canceled a home-and-home series with BYU over a recent incident where a Duke volleyball player said a BYU fan yelled racial slurs at her. "I don't feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series."
- CBS Sports Network will broadcast 40 WNBA games beginning next month when the season opens. es.pn/2PpqOsT
- Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is part of the ownership group trying to bring an NWSL expansion team to Cincinnati, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
- Arizona's Adia Barnes says she has nothing to apologize for after she used a middle finger and expletive in a joyous huddle following a win over UConn. "It's what I felt with my team at the moment. I wouldn't take it back. We've gone to war together." es.pn/31FYSIe
- UConn’s Paige Bueckers and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark are the co-winners of the 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year award, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced Tuesday.
- When asked on the "controversial" no-call on Baylor's final possession, DiJonai Carrington said: "I personally don’t see it as controversial call. I already saw it on the replay. One girl fouled me on my face and one girl fouled me on the arm."
- The NCAA will pay basketball officials for the women's tournament the same amount it pays the officials for the men's competition.
- BREAKING: Notre Dame has named Niele Ivey head women's basketball coach.



