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.
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders followed their most frustrating performance of the season with their most inspirational, and in the process they took a huge step toward a potential first Big […]
The three-time defending conference champions won their Big 4 opener on Saturday night, but they’ll have to play a lot better on offense if they want to make it four straight league […]
A pair of former H-DNL quarterbacks combined for five touchdowns on Saturday afternoon, as College of the Redwoods cruised to a 50-7 win over Yuba at the Redwood Bowl. Corsairs starter Max […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats took care of business against an extremely shorthanded McKinleyville team on Friday, running out to a comfortable 34-0 win at Mack High. The Panthers had […]
The Arcata defense set the tone once again on Friday night as the Tigers cruised to their fourth straight win in the Little 4. Arcata traveled to Hoopa and came away with […]
The two hottest teams in H-DNL boys soccer continued to roll on Saturday morning. Both Del Norte and Eureka posted wins to move ahead of Fortuna in the standings in the tightest […]
The Little 4 girls soccer championship won’t be decided until the final game of the regular season. On Friday afternoon, the Del Norte Warriors traveled to St. Bernard’s and knocked off the […]
Perseverance paid off for the South Fork Cubs during a homecoming game on Friday. After 14 straight losses to start the season, it all came together for the Cubs in a 5-0 […]
By Ray Hamill — An anticipated wide-open race for this year’s Big 4 in football may not be as wide open as we seem to believe. As least that’s what Humboldt Sports […]
By Ray Hamill — There was no slowing down McKinleyville senior Damian Dinan on Wednesday as he won for the fourth time in four H-DNL cross country meets this fall. The dominating […]
By Ray Hamill — Eureka senior Sequoia Ashby is building momentum ahead of the upcoming H-DNL cross country championships. Ashby won for the third time in four league races at the Arcata […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a long time coming, but that only made it extra special. On Thursday afternoon, the McKinleyville Panthers got their first league win in Big 4 girls […]
By Ray Hamill — It was another big week in local sports with multiple teams crowned league champions and three individuals in particular who helped them secure those titles. Up in Crescent […]
With so many teams still in the chase for the H-DNL boys soccer championship, the league has announced some changes to the schedule for the final week of the regular season. Fortuna, […]
Few teams have dominated on the Big 5 volleyball courts the way the Del Norte Warriors did this season. On Thursday night, the Del Norte girls completed a perfect league campaign with […]
The Ferndale Wildcats are hoping the Del Norte Warriors can do them a favor on Friday afternoon. A 4-0 win over South Fork on Thursday moved the Cats to within one point […]
As expected the Eureka Loggers secured this year’s league championship outright in Big 4 girls soccer on Thursday with a 4-0 win over the Fortuna Huskies at Albee Stadium. The win lifts […]
By Ray Hamill — The fight to bring back Lumberjacks football won’t go away. In just a few days this week, more than 1,200 people have signed a petition to bring the […]
By Ray Hamill — Local MMA fans will be treated to a night of fights on Saturday as the Bear River Casino Resort gets set to host BFC 19. The longest running […]
By Ray Hamill — Both Eureka and Del Norte are looking to end long championship droughts in boys soccer this year, in what has been one of the most exciting league campaigns […]
