At the age of 10, having failed in his lifelong ambition to become a vigilante vampire werewolf – otherwise known as a vamp-wolf – Ray Hamill finally admitted defeat and turned his attention full-time to daydreaming instead.
A mere few decades later, the world of crime fighting’s loss is now the literary world’s gain.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Ray moved to the United States after graduating college, spending time in Boston and San Francisco before settling among the redwoods in Northern California, where he has worked as a journalist for the past 20 years.
In that time he has published three books, including his most recent, Help, My Horse is Drowning!, a humorous look at the world of sports and the life of the enthusiastically delusional athlete in us all.
He previously published the outrageously satirical Free the Leprechauns! as well as the semi-autobiographical Help Me, Im Irish! - a book about the non-meaning of life.
Ray is also the host of a weekly sports talk radio show broadcast locally in Northern California on Blue Ox Community Radio, and a sports blog at barstoolfanatics.com.
A group of local volleyball players are closing out their travel club careers with a bang after a strong showing at a tournament in Redding over the weekend. The WaveRiders Volleyball Club, […]
The Northern Humboldt Steelheads 11Us got the new youth baseball season off to a great start at the weekend March Mayhem tournament in Medford. After going 2-0 in pool play on opening […]
Former Del Norte Warrior Tianna Thompson continued her impressive start to the new college track field season with another big showing against Division-2 opposition at the weekend Wildcat Invitational hosted by Chico […]
The Corsairs continued their preparation for the upcoming Golden Valley Conference schedule with a softball doubleheader against Cabrillo at the Bear River field on Saturday. And despite dropping both games — 14-7 […]
With men’s wrestling set to return to Cal Poly Humboldt for the first time since the early 1990s, Lennie Zalesky has been hired as the team’s new head coach, the Jacks announced […]
The South Fork Cubs won their second straight game at the Maxwell tournament on Saturday, defeating Live Oak 6-4 in the consolation game. The Del Norte Norte Warriors also closed out the […]
By Ray Hamill — Never has the often repeated St. Bernard’s motto “one family” ever rung more true. On Saturday, the Crusaders secured a first-ever state championship for the H-DNL in basketball, […]
The Corsairs’ memorable playoff run came to an end on Saturday night, as they lost their California Sweet 16 game at College of the Sequoias in Visalia. The College of the Redwoods […]
The biggest occasion of their lives wasn’t too big for the St. Bernard’s girls on Saturday. Playing in a state championship basketball game for the first time, the Crusaders comfortably took care […]
By Ray Hamill — Becoming the first team in H-DNL history to win a state championship in basketball was special enough on its own, but that wasn’t the only thing the St. […]
By Ray Hamill — Over the past decade Matt Tomlin has established himself as one of the greatest high school coaches the H-DNL has ever seen, and perhaps even the greatest. His […]
By Ray Hamill — H-DNL girls basketball wasn’t the only winner at Wednesday’s NorCal championship game. The big all-local showdown was officiated by an all-local crew, the first time members of the […]
After limited preparation time, the South Fork Cubs got the new baseball season under way on Friday, splitting a doubleheader at the Maxwell tournament. The South Fork boys dropped their tournament opener […]
The St. Bernard’s girls made H-DNL history on Saturday morning by becoming the first-ever league basketball team to win a state championship. Three days after their thrilling NorCal final win over Arcata, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats got the better of their Little 4 nemesis at the St. Bernard’s tournament at Bear River on Friday, while Ben Lukens and the Arcata Tigers […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a rollercoaster of a season for the College of the Redwood men’s basketball team and one the Corsairs will be hoping to keep going when they […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s safe to say it was a good week for the St. Bernard’s Crusaders, in more ways than one. And they’re not done yet. On Wednesday, the SB […]
It’s been a challenging preseason for many of the local baseball and softball teams, with a lack of outdoor practice for most of the H-DNL schools because of the weather. But on […]
By Sasha Love, The Pepperbox Humboldt’s local youth mountain bike team (HCMTB) kicked off the season last Saturday with a race just east of Monterey in Fort Ord State Park. At the event […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s fans obviously will be rooting for the Crusaders in Saturday’s Division-4 girls basketball state championship final, but they’re not the only ones. One of the great […]
