Killing Lorenzen: Love•Basketball•Murder
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Lorenzen Wright's voice was last heard on a desperate 911 call in July of 2010, but his story — and the path that led him to that moment — began long before that fateful night.WREG TV began covering Wright from the time he emerged on the local high school basketball scene in Memphis in the early 1990s, through his college playing days at the University of Memphis and his 13-year run in the NBA, including playing on his home turf with the Memphis Grizzlies. He was considered by many to be a shining star.Killing Lorenzen: Love | Basketball | Murder is an investigative podcast by WREG's investigative team about the life and death of Lorenzen Wright, and his ex-wife Sherra Wright, now sitting behind bars after pleading guilty to facilitating his murder, nearly nine years to the day later.

EPISODE 8: The Lake

In this episode, Sherra Wright and Lorenzen's parents sue the city of Germantown, Tennessee, saying they failed to follow up on a 911 call from Lorenz...
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EPISODE 7: They Killed Him Twice

In August of 2010, just weeks after her ex-husband was found brutally murdered, his body left rotting in a field near southeast Memphis, Sherra Wright...
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EPISODE 6, Part 2: Ten Days

Part 2 of "Ten Days" goes into the finding of Lorenzen Wright’s body 10 days after he disappeared in July 2010. Hear from friends and family who re-li...
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EPISODE 6, Part 1: Ten Days

It's February 2010. NBA star Lorenzen Wright is no longer playing professional basketball. He's divorced and facing mounting debt. Despite those troub...
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EPISODE 5: The Divorce

By 2009, Lorenzen Wright's 13-season, $55 million NBA career was over and so was his marriage to Sherra, his wife of 11 years.The two who'd been broug...
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EPISODE 4: Till Death Do Us Part

The year was 2001, and sports history would be forever changed in Memphis, Tennessee. The Bluff City was now home to an NBA franchise, and even better...
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EPISODE 3: The NBA

Lorenzen Wright makes it to the NBA. But even though the basketball star was making millions, he and his girlfriend Sherra where living paycheck to pa...
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