. >>> maya moore is simply one of the greatest basketball player of all time.nal championships and the first team all american in all of four of her college season. in the professional games, she led the wnba minnesota links to four titles. moore made a stunning announcement, she would be stepping away from the game to do some important work off the course. nbc's blayne alexander has our sunday's spotlight. >> if you know basketball, you know maya moore. she won her first wnba title as a rookie and three more after that. two olympic gold medals and an ncaa winning streaks still in the books today. >> you lost four games. four is too many. >> reporter: her wins took her to the white house so many times. president barack obama joked she should move in. >> basically there is a maya's wing at white house. >> maya announced she's sitting out this season. >> why walk away from that? >> there is season of life when you run harder than other things. and so i felt like the season was coming for me where i needed to run harder after criminal justice reform. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: there's no stopping maya moore. four wnba titles, two olympic gold, dubbed the greatest in the history of women's game. >> my urge is to go find a ball. >> reporter: now she's putting down the ball indefinitely stepping away to answer another call. is it hard to walk away >> it's hard but when your convictions are moving you to a place that you know is right, it makes it a little less hard. >> reporter: that new place, fighting what she calls wrongful conviction. >> call is from a correctional facility. >> reporter: on the line, jonathan irons arrested at 16 he was sentenced to 50 years for a non-fatal shooting he's entering year 23. >> i'm not guilty of this. >> reporter: the more maya investigated his case, the more she agreed. >> there was no physical evidence, no dna, footprint, fingerprint. that began a journey for me of having my eyes open to oh my gosh, people are in prison who shouldn't be there. >> reporter: so maya shifted her game know focussing on things that matter most to her like freeing jonathan. >>

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