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.
The Crusaders capped an impressive pre-conference schedule with their 10th straight win in basketball on Saturday afternoon. The St. Bernard’s boys were competing at the Nike TOC in Phoenix, Arizona, and won […]
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Nora Talty and the College of the Redwoods women posted their second win of the week at Mission College on Friday afternoon, winning 89-65. The points tally was a season-high for the […]
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It’s been an impressive start to the new wrestling season for the Arcata girls and for one young grappler in particular. The Tigers are the defending H-DNL champions and look like the […]
Fortuna freshman Kaleya Parkinson was named tournament MVP of the Quartz Bracket at the West Coast Jamboree, as the Huskies continued their impressive pre-league schedule with a tournament championship. The Fortuna girls […]
The St. Bernard’s girls battled back from a tournament-opening loss to Godinez Fundamental to win three straight games at the Surf City Holiday Classic in Huntington Beach this week, including a thrilling […]
It was a disappointing few days for the Arcata boys on the basketball court at the Marin Catholic tournament. Playing for much of the tournament without senior standout Luke Lemke, the Tigers […]
The bench players stepped up for the Loggers in their opening game at the Enterprise tournament on Monday, as the Eureka boys topped West Valley 72-41. The win was the second straight […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders made it seven straight wins to close out 2025 with a second victory over McKinleyville in boys basketball action over the weekend. Just two weeks after getting the […]
By Ray Hamill — This year’s Hoopa girls basketball team is young, quick, scrappy and playing beyond its years. Over the weekend the Warriors traveled for the Gene Cotter Memorial tournament at […]
By Ray Hamill — In the true spirit of the concept of team, it was impossible to separate the three frontrunners for this year’s Humboldt Sports Football Player of the Year. And […]
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