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Buddy Hield Net Worth and Career Earnings
Buddy Hield has emerged as a key sharpshooter for the Golden State Warriors, and with his on-court success comes significant financial rewards. From hefty NBA contracts to endorsement deals and investments, Hield’s portfolio shows how he’s built his growing fortune in 2025. What Is Buddy Hield’s Net Worth? As of 2025, Buddy Hield’s net worth […]

Buddy Hield has emerged as a key sharpshooter for the Golden State Warriors, and with his on-court success comes significant financial rewards. From hefty NBA contracts to endorsement deals and investments, Hield’s portfolio shows how he’s built his growing fortune in 2025.
What Is Buddy Hield’s Net Worth?
As of 2025, Buddy Hield’s net worth is estimated to be around $40 million. This figure reflects nearly a decade of NBA paychecks and smart off-court endeavors. Hield has earned the majority of his wealth through his basketball salary, but he’s also boosted his income with endorsement deals. According to reports , he has already earned over $100 million in NBA salary alone.
Endorsements have been a major part of Hield’s wealth-building strategy. As a rookie in 2016, the Bahamian guard signed a multi-year shoe deal with Nike — a dream come true for the Kobe Bryant fan. He extended his deal with Nike in 2022 and continues to wear Bryant’s signature shoes on the court.
Beyond Nike, Hield has expanded his brand partnerships. In 2024, he partnered with RECOVER 180, a sports hydration drink, further adding to his earnings and highlighting his marketability as an NBA athlete.
Hield has also begun putting some of his earnings to work in real estate. One of his most notable acquisitions is a luxury mansion in Dallas that features a full-size indoor basketball court. The property gained attention in 2024 when Hield volunteered the gym for a Philadelphia 76ers team practice while they were in town.
Though the exact value of Hield’s Dallas estate remains undisclosed, it’s considered a significant asset contributing to his financial portfolio.
Buddy Hield’s Contract With the Golden State Warriors
In July 2024, Hield joined the Golden State Warriors via a sign-and-trade deal from the Philadelphia 76ers. He signed a four-year contract worth $37.7 million, with $21 million guaranteed. The contract structure is as follows:
2024–25: $8,780,488
2025–26: $9,219,512
2026–27: $9,658,536 (partially guaranteed with a $3 million buyout option)
2027–28: $10,097,560 (non-guaranteed player option)
Hield has remained grounded through his financial success. After signing his $94 million extension with the Kings in 2019, he expressed deep gratitude:
“I signed it so I’m happy… Ten years ago, me telling my friends and family I would make $86 million… they would think I was talking BS. I’m just grateful… it’s not about the money… I’m just here to take care of my family,” Hield said at the time.
From a determined kid growing up in the Bahamas to an NBA star and savvy businessman, Buddy Hield continues to thrive — on the hardwood and in building his financial future with the Golden State Warriors.
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Arizona Athletics Celebrates 2025 Graduates
Story Links TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Athletics held its annual Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration on Thursday in the McKale Center, recognizing the 104 student-athletes that have earned degrees from the University of Arizona. The class includes graduates from 64 different states or countries, 63 unique majors, 12 student-athletes that are first […]

TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Athletics held its annual Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration on Thursday in the McKale Center, recognizing the 104 student-athletes that have earned degrees from the University of Arizona.
The class includes graduates from 64 different states or countries, 63 unique majors, 12 student-athletes that are first generation graduates from their families and four graduates from the CATS Forever program.
The mission of the CATS Forever program is to assist former Arizona student-athletes in fulfilling the goal of graduation for those who left school before receiving their undergraduate degree.
Please click here to read who the graduates wanted to acknowledge for helping them and supporting them during their time as a Wildcat. They also share what their plans are for after graduation.
Below is a complete list of the graduates.
BASEBALL
Emilio Corona
Kyler Heyne
Bradon Zastrow
Garen Caulfield
Raul Garayzar
Matthew Martinez
Richard Morales
Eric Orloff
Tommy Splaine
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Luke Champion
Liam Lloyd
Caleb Love
Will Menaugh
Ajae Yoakum
CATS FOREVER
Cody Deason (Baseball)
Nick Hundley (Baseball)
TJ Nichols (Baseball)
Trevor Werbylo (Men’s Golf)
FOOTBALL
Ty Buchanan
Quali Conley
Kevon Darton
CJ Flores
Justin Flowe
Ayden Garnes
Blake Gotcher
Dalton Johnson
James “Chubba” Maae
Shancco “Ise” Matautia
Deshawn McKnight
Samuel Olson
Cash Peterman
Tiaoalii Savea
Tre Smith
Ryan Stewart
Javin “NuNu” Whatley
MEN’S GOLF
Griffin Rhoads
Johnny Walker
WOMEN’S GOLF
Carolina Melgrati
GYMNASTICS
Alysen Fears
Elizabeth LaRusso
Emily Mueller
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Brooke Blutreich
Kylee Fitzsimmons
Annie Kost
Olivia Rubio
SOCCER
Maia Brown
Marley Chappel
Megan Chelf
Nicole Dallin
Trinity Dorsey
Rikako Hayami
Nyota Katembo
Madeleine Koleno
SOFTBALL
Paige Dimler
Devyn Netz
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Tate Bahti
Jack Donovan
Jadan Nabor
Mason Nyboer
Beck Parnham
Daniel Young
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Maddy Ahluwalia
Stefani Beisel
Nadia Bouraoui
Stella Copeland
Alexis Duchsherer
Brooke Earley
Elizabeth Mackowiak
Amalie Mortensen
Alyssa Schwengel
MEN’S TENNIS
Inaki Cabrera Bello
Casper Christensen
Colton Smith
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Midori Castillo-Meza
Tanvi Narendran
Belen Nevenhoven
TRIATHLON
Laura Holanszky
Gabrielle Lemes
Lydia Russell
Eleanor Tuck
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Jesse Avina
Isaac Davis
Zachary Extine
Jacob Kauffman
Youssef Koudssi
Zach Landa
Brian Limage
Diego Marquez
Reinaldo Rodrigues
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Malaya Abueg
Esther Akinlosotu
Jenica Bosko
Lauryn Love
Alisa Lyesina
Presley Money
Mackenna Orie
Hollan Powers
Morgan Rhett
Zana Ryan
VOLLEYBALL
Amanda DeWitt
Alayna Johnson
Ava Tortorello
Haven Wray
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‘The Plague’ Director on Harrowing Joel Edgerton Movie
Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux promised that this year’s Un Certain Regard sidebar lineup would be more driven by narrative and genre than years past. Looking at Charlie Polinger‘s feature directing debut “The Plague,” he wasn’t kidding. This harrowing, 35mm-shot story of pubescent boys tormenting each other at a water polo summer camp doubles as […]

Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux promised that this year’s Un Certain Regard sidebar lineup would be more driven by narrative and genre than years past. Looking at Charlie Polinger‘s feature directing debut “The Plague,” he wasn’t kidding.
This harrowing, 35mm-shot story of pubescent boys tormenting each other at a water polo summer camp doubles as a coming-of-age drama and an adolescent, acne-scarred body-horror nightmare. The 12- and 13-year-olds populating its frames are all afraid of catching an imagined (or not?) contagion — let’s call it puberty — that turns their brains into “mush,” one says, and manifests with psoriasis-like lesions on their bodies. But the words and almost ritualistic humiliations they exchange (think the mocking of speech impediments and centipedes thrown into your bed at night) are even more wounding.
Polinger, an AFI Conservatory grad working with many of his fellow alumni including cinematographer Steven Breckon, based this disturbing and personal film on his own experiences as a kid at an all-boys summer sports camp, culling from his rediscovered journals to write the script. Millennials who came of age in the aughts (“The Plague” is set in summer 2003) will recognize the touchstones, from the period music references to the Capri-Suns everyone seems to be slurping. “I was leaning into the Capri-Sun, into sort of this pre-internet or very early internet age, with the kind of jokes that they make,” Polinger told IndieWire.
Joel Edgerton, who stars as the boys’ generous but out-of-his-depth coach in terms of dealing with unruly and toxic boys, initially received the script from Polinger’s agent and wanted to direct it. “I was like, ‘I really have to direct this one. It’s too special to me.’ He was just really cool about it. We ended up getting on a call. He really related to the themes, the social dynamics of these kids, and bullying, and his own experiences being a 12-year-old boy in Australia. He basically just said, look, I’m happy to produce the film and act in the film, and do anything I can to help get this made.”

Polinger and his casting director Rebecca Dealy (“Hereditary”) looked at thousands of tapes of kids to cast the right ensemble. They landed on “Griffin in Summer” star Everett Blunck as Ben, the hero of this story if there is one, and the seemingly innocent kid through whose eyes we see the film. The kind of kid who will see with his awkward, ruthlessly bullied peer who’s left alone at the cafeteria. They found Kayo Martin, who plays the camp’s freckled top bully Jake who presides over the cool-kids table with imperious authority, off social media. It’s a breakout performance for a young star.
“He felt exactly like the type of bully or character who messes with your head in a way that I feel like I haven’t seen represented in a movie or TV show very often because he’s always very understated,” Polinger said. “You never know if he’s joking or not, and it really kind of gets inside your head. He is so comfortable hanging out with adults all the time and going around New York, going to all the bagel shops and all these places [where Martin does social media pranks], and he does have a certain maturity level that can actually play very uncanny in the situation with other boys.”
There are scenes in “The Plague” that pit the child actors into adult scenarios that are, in real life, likely familiar to them. In one scene, they share sexual fantasies and talk about masturbation from across each other’s bunk beds. Directing children always comes with its own set of challenges, even with parents on set, but Polinger and his team worked with an intimacy coordinator to burrow into these most uncomfortable (but relatable) moments.
“The first day with the intimacy coordinator, we all sat around and we were talking about the scene, and she was coming at it very delicately: ‘Is this something that you guys know about?’ And they were miles ahead of her in terms of what they already knew and the jokes that they were making,” Polinger said. “It was really important to me that we were capturing that age in a real way. [The actors] were very fearless and just excited to dive into it… They were so much more mature than you would imagine.”

In terms of references for the film’s more horror-leaning later stretches, Polinger wanted to combine the feel of 1980s and aughts coming-of-age teen movies with a more genre-oriented sensibility (comparisons to “Black Swan,” eventually, are invited).
“I love those movies about boys, though I often feel like a lot of movies about young boys are either a little more sort of broey hangout or a little more nostalgic, kind of biking-around-the-suburbs type of thing,” he said. Movies like Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” and Julia Ducournau’s “Raw,” he said, “capture a social dread and vulnerability of your body and something you don’t see as much with boys because it requires a certain vulnerability to be an object of terror in that way… I was even looking at some sort of dread-filled, ‘Shining’ daylight kinds of horror movies, [with] huge imposing spaces.”
Movies about military situations, like Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” also came to mind. Even Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail,” which is “such an incredible exploration of masculinity.”
Every rising indie filmmaker these days wants to shoot on film — who doesn’t? — which can be a big upfront non-negotiable from a first-time director. But “The Plague” benefits from that celluloid touch, making the movie like a grainy memory of a bad dream. “It was pretty challenging. We had to find some additional funds to do it. We got a lot of help from Kodak. [It was] definitely hard, and especially with kids and pools and all the other variables that add more time, and having tight days. The film [aspect] just added a whole other wrench into it,” Polinger said, though “The Plague” did shoot during a sweltering summertime when the kid actors were out of school.
Shooting on film, though, he said, “just made it feel magical. We were capturing something that felt timeless and, to me, there’s no comparison. It looks so great to shoot on film, and these kids’ faces and closeups just rendered in such a beautiful way.”
“The Plague” will seek a distributor at Cannes, though Polinger already has wind in his sails with another movie lined up, and at A24: an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” starring Sydney Sweeney. “The Plague,” which Polinger wants to be seen in theaters, would be a smart fit for any distributor looking for a risky genre offering, and one that offers no easy answers about the prickly (and, yes, pimply) perils of adolescence.
“The Plague” premieres at Cannes on Thursday, May 16. It is currently seeking U.S. distribution.
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ELF agrees multi-year partnership with SportWorld
The European League of Football (ELF) has signed a long-term partnership with SportWorld, a global streaming platform for live sports. Beginning with the 2025 season opener on May 17, all 101 live ELF games will be available to watch through pay-per-view (PPV) on the SportWorld app. Fans can book and stream each game individually on […]

The European League of Football (ELF) has signed a long-term partnership with SportWorld, a global streaming platform for live sports.
Beginning with the 2025 season opener on May 17, all 101 live ELF games will be available to watch through pay-per-view (PPV) on the SportWorld app. Fans can book and stream each game individually on their Smart TV or smartphone (iOS and Android).
SportWorld is already a major player in sports streaming, with over 12 million app downloads and users in 205 countries.
“With SportWorld, we gain an innovative partner who takes digital sports streaming to the next level,” said Zeljko Karajica, CEO of ELF investment partner SEH Sports & Entertainment Holding. “Our goal is to grow European football across all platforms, making it easy to access and exciting to watch. Being able to stream ELF games via pay-per-view directly on Smart TVs worldwide is a big step forward.”
This deal is not just about streaming games. B1 SmartTV, which operates SportWorld, will also become global licence holder for ELF teams and players. That means fans will be able to experience more exclusive content in special ’zones’ dedicated to each team within the SportWorld app.
“Adding the ELF to our platform is a great win for SportWorld,” said Robert Niemann, CEO at SportWorld. “We are expanding our global live sports offer and giving football fans a great way to follow their sport on all devices – whenever and wherever they want. The ELF has energy, a strong community, and exciting content. It’s a perfect match for us.”
The partnership between ELF and SportWorld is signed for an initial period of three years, covering the 2025 to 2027 seasons. The agreement includes all international markets, showing the strong global focus of the European League of Football.
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Track and Field Hosts Last Chance Meet on Thursday
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts men’s and women’s track & field programs are set to compete in the Last Chance Meet on Thursday, May 15 at the UMass Track & Field Complex in Amherst, Mass. This is the final event for Massachusetts ahead of the NCAA Regional Qualifiers. A full schedule of events can be […]

A full schedule of events can be found here.
Expected lists of participants are attached below:
Women’s performance list
Men’s performance list
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Bill narrowed to define male and female for sports access, advanced after cloture vote
A measure that would define male and female in state law was narrowed to apply only to access to interscholastic sports before being advanced to the final round of consideration May 14.

A measure that would define male and female in state law was narrowed to apply only to access to interscholastic sports before being advanced to the final round of consideration May 14.
LB89, as introduced by Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth at the request of Gov. Jim Pillen, would restrict participation in school sports to teams that correspond to a student’s “biological sex” — defined for males as a person whose “biological reproductive system is organized around the production of sperm,” and for females as being organized around the production of ova.
The measure, known as the Stand with Women Act, was amended during the first round of debate to alter those definitions and base them on reproductive systems that would do so “but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption.”
Students would be required to provide confirmation of their sex through a document signed by a doctor or under the authority of a doctor in order to participate in a sport that is designated for a single sex. Female students could participate in sports designated for males if no female-only alternative exists and coed sports still would be allowed.
Lawmakers narrowed the measure on general file to apply to private schools only if the school’s students or teams compete against a public school in an interscholastic or intramural sport or the school is a member of an athletic association.
The bill as introduced also would require that all public and private schools in Nebraska, both K-12 and postsecondary, designate bathrooms and locker rooms based on the bill’s definitions of male and female.
Kauth said the bill represents “commonsense adherence to biology” and is needed to ensure that women and girls are not unfairly disadvantaged by competing against transgender athletes for medals and records.
“Eighty percent of the entire country believes that we should not have males participating in female athletics, and they should stay out of their locker rooms and bathrooms,” she said. “The fact that we have to legislate this still astounds me.”
Ralston Sen. Merv Riepe offered an amendment during select file debate, adopted 34-8, that would further narrow the proposal by removing all provisions in the bill related to bathroom and locker room designations and signage based on the measure’s definitions of male and female.
The amendment also would remove provisions in the bill as amended on general file requiring all state agencies to define an individual’s sex as either male or female in the adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations, enforcement of administrative decisions and dispute adjudication.
Finally, the amendment would remove any reference to intramural sports.
Riepe said his proposal would focus the bill on fairness in athletic competition. Local school districts already are handling bathroom and locker room access on a case-by-case basis, he said, and “micromanaging” those decisions is not necessary.
“They don’t need a one-size-fits-all [mandate] from Lincoln,” Riepe said. “These are deeply personal and often sensitive situations and they deserve better than to be turned into a political litmus test.”
Kauth said she would have preferred to keep the provisions relating to bathrooms and locker rooms in the bill, but that a compromise was necessary for the measure to move forward.
“I respect his decision and we’ve made that modification,” Kauth said, “And I think a lot of times on this floor, we find out that sometimes making incremental steps is the best way to go.”
David City Sen. Jared Storm supported the proposal, calling it a matter of safety. He said his daughters have expressed fear of having to compete against “biological boys,” who he said would have unfair physical advantages even if they were undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
“God created men and women equal in dignity, but different,” Storm said.
Sen. Mike Jacobson of North Platte also spoke in favor, calling LB89 “the minimum that our citizenry would expect from us” to ensure a level playing field in sports.
“If we took a vote across the state, overwhelmingly, Nebraskans believe that that’s the right thing to do,” Jacobson said.
Lincoln Sen. George Dungan opposed the measure. He cautioned fellow lawmakers that while discrimination may not be the intent of the proposal, it would be the impact.
This bill would “completely upend” the lives of families of trans students who wish to participate in youth sports but are not out at school, he said, without a compelling state interest for doing so. Ensuring that a particular athlete holds a school record or wins a medal is not reason enough to “ostracize” trans youth, he said.
“Women’s sports are thriving in the state of Nebraska and LB89 does nothing to protect the entirety of women’s sports,” Dungan said.
Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha also opposed the bill. She said the push for such legislation is coming from lawmakers, not students.
“Most kids want fairness [and] inclusion,” Hunt said. “They want the freedom to play with their friends without being political. It’s adults in this room and in legislatures around the country who are forcing division in spaces where it never existed before.”
After two hours of debate, Kauth offered a motion to invoke cloture, which ceases debate and forces a vote on the bill. The motion succeeded on a vote of 33-14 and lawmakers advanced LB89 to final reading 33-15.

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Women’s Track 23rd After Day One of AARTFC Championships
Story Links WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Union College women’s outdoor track & field team earned one point to sit in a tie for 23rd place after day one of the 2025 All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Outdoor Championships, held on Wednesday afternoon at Williams College’s Weston Athletic Complex. The Garnet […]

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Union College women’s outdoor track & field team earned one point to sit in a tie for 23rd place after day one of the 2025 All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Outdoor Championships, held on Wednesday afternoon at Williams College’s Weston Athletic Complex.
The Garnet Chargers got on the board with one point on the first day of competition, with only eight of the 22 events completed. All three of the team’s entries finished better than their seeding, with two season bests and one personal best among the three results.
Sophomore Annabel Dobash earned the team’s first podium finish of the event in the 5,000 meters, taking more than 24 seconds off her personal best with a time of 17:56.80 that earned her an eighth-place finish. The mark, the second-fastest 5K in program history, earned one point for Union and improved on her 12th seed entering the day.
First-year Lauryn Johnson started out the day for the Garnet Chargers in the javelin throw, where she far outpaced her seeding (29th) with a 15th-place finish out of 30 competitors after a top toss of 33.83 meters on her first attempt.
Union also took 10th in the 4×400-meter relay, with the all-class quartet of senior Gabby Baker, junior Grace Ardito, sophomore Kat Doran and first-year Kyleigh Record finishing the four laps in 4:00.50.
The Garnet Chargers will be back in action at the AARTFC Championships tomorrow, with five Union entries looking to find their way to the podium.
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