WNBA Finals Tip, MLB Chaos, and College Football’s Season-Defining Weekend

Friday on SportsIQ with Larry Smith feels like the entire sports world is colliding at once.

🏀 WNBA Finals — Vegas vs. Phoenix in the league’s first ever best-of-seven championship. NBC/ESPN’s Meghan McKeown joins Larry to break down Asia Wilson’s historic run, Phoenix’s explosive offense, and why Indiana’s improbable push proves the future is bright. Plus: the players vs. leadership standoff that could reshape the league this winter.

⚾ MLB Playoff Madness — Three Wild Card series went the distance. The Yankees survive behind rookie Cam Slitter’s 12 Ks, the Tigers avenge Cleveland, and the Cubs stun the Padres in a nail-biter. Up next: heavyweight division rivalries that feel like October classics already.

🏈 NFL Week 4 Kickoff — Short-handed 49ers shock the Rams in overtime. Mac Jones throws for 342 in relief, the defense slams the door, and San Francisco somehow finds a way.

🏈 College Football Spotlight — Des Moines Register’s Eugene Rapay on No. 14 Iowa State’s 5-0 start and their huge road test at Cincinnati. Can Matt Campbell’s Cyclones survive crushing injuries and stay in the Big 12 title chase?

🔥 Plus: Lamar Jackson’s injury clouding Baltimore’s season, John Gruden’s lawsuit marches forward, the Saints lock in the Superdome through 2035, and a new wave of surprise teams shakes up the Top 25.

It’s October sports chaos — and SportsIQ is your front-row seat.