Today’s SportsIQ, Larry Smith hosts a wide-ranging Thursday edition loaded with sports insight and cultural crossover:

🏀 WNBA Spotlight with guest Myles Ehrlich (Winsidr, Pull Up with Miles & Owen) — deep dive into the Liberty’s resilience, Golden State Valkyrie’s fast rise, and how stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are just the tip of a much longer growth story. Plus: team valuations, TV deals, charter flights, and the real work behind the league’s boom.
📈 Inside the $400M valuation of the New York Liberty — and why even James Dolan regrets selling too soon.
💰 CBA negotiations and the players’ push for equity — what’s coming next for salary caps and travel reform.

🏀 NBA Draft Recap — Cooper Flagg to Dallas was expected, but the real drama came later:
• Ace Bailey’s awkward reaction to Utah
• Brooklyn’s baffling five-pick strategy
• Washington State’s Cedric Howard shocks the lottery

💎 Sports Card Market with Will Stern (Collect Media) — from boom to bust and back again. Are we in a new “Junk Wax” era, or is the industry finally maturing?
• Fanatics Fest vs. The National
• Topps returning to licensed NBA/Football
• How kids (and adults) are flipping cardboard into six-figure businesses.

⚾ MLB Headlines
• Jacob deGrom no-hits through 7
• Juan Soto sets HR record
• Acuña joins the Home Run Derby
• White Sox stun the Diamondbacks

📺 Moment of Awe: A tribute at the Oklahoma City Memorial reminds us what fandom, legacy, and memory really mean — even in the loudest of sports seasons.

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