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The basketball star did not play a professional game this year, and yet she achieved arguably the most important victory of her careerMaya Moore’s basketball credentials are unimpeachable. She is a four-time WNBA champion, two-time EuroLeague winner, six-time WNBA All-Star and has two Olympic gold medals. In 2017, Sports Illustrated described her as the greatest winner in the history of women’s basketball. And yet the 31-year-old Moore, still in her peak playing years, didn’t play a professional game in 2020. So why is she on this list? Because her year off the court has been incredible.In 2019 she announced she would take a sabbatical from her WNBA career – and the grind of the basketball circuit – to fight the case of Jonathan Irons, a man who argued that he had been falsely convicted of burglary and assault charges. Those charges ended with Irons being given a 50-year prison sentence for a crime he had allegedly committed when he was 16. Moore’s career break was, to put it mildly, a little more high stakes than Michael Jordan’s decision to step away from the NBA to play baseball. And while Moore earned decent money – particularly during her spells in Europe and China – she did not have the financial security Jordan enjoyed when he temporarily left the Chicago Bulls.Anyway, Moore would argue that money was nothing compared to Irons’ freedom. “Basketball has not been foremost in my mind,” Moore told the New York Times in January. “I’ve been able to rest, and connect with people around me, actually be in their presence after all of these years on the road. And I’ve been able to be there for Jonathan.”Moore and Irons first met through a prison ministry program: he was serving his sentence in her hometown of Jefferson City, Missouri. In March it became clear Moore does not take on challenges she doesn’t think she can win: a judge ruled that prosecutors had suppressed fingerprint evidence that could have helped prevent Irons being found guilty. He was freed in July.Before Irons’s acquittal, Moore had told reporters: “I’m looking forward when this is done to finally getting some rest and time with my family.” Her family had soon increased in size: Irons proposed to Moore after his release and they are now married.“We wanted to announce today that we are super excited to continue the work that we’ve been doing together, but doing it as a married couple,” Moore told Good Morning America in September. “We’re excited to share this new chapter of life together.” * This series is not necessarily a list of the best US athletes of the year, but focuses instead on the impact they have made on the sports landscape and beyond. Having said that, they could probably still beat you at any sport of your choosing.

What is it? The Boxing Day clash between second and third in the Premier League: Brendan Rodgers’ Flying Foxes (Leicester City) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s in-form away winning machine (Manchester United). When is it? Saturday, December 26 What time is kick-off? 12.30pm, the first of six Premier League matches on Boxing Day. What TV channel is it on? BT Sport 1 for this one, live from 11.30am. You can also join JJ Bull on the Telegraph’s live blog from the same time. What is the team news? Talisman Jamie Vardy hobbled off late on in the win at Tottenham with a hip problem but will be fit for this one. Aside from that, Caglar Soyuncu is closing in on a return but Rodgers may hold him back for this one. Ricardo Pereira is the only other absentee. Manchester United could be without Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Scott McTominay after both picked up knocks against Leeds and missed United’s midweek League Cup win over Everton.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is closing in on the second 5,000-yard season of his career, in only his third season as a starting quarterback. Through 14 games, Mahomes has a league-leading 4,462 passing yards this season. If he continues at his current pace for the final two weeks of the season, he’ll end up with [more]

The striker is the second-youngest player to score 20 Premier League goals for Chelsea, after Eden Hazard.

The midfielder from Chicago Fire FC is looking to put down roots in the city he considers a hometown.

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