David Miller clearly enjoys the Firecracker 100. The veteran driver from Coquille, Oregon, made it three straight wins in the annual late models race at the Redwood Acres Raceway on Saturday night. […]
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.
David Miller clearly enjoys the Firecracker 100. The veteran driver from Coquille, Oregon, made it three straight wins in the annual late models race at the Redwood Acres Raceway on Saturday night. […]
By Ray Hamill — Concordia University softball is getting a star player and an even better person, and the Eureka Loggers are losing arguably one of the best athletes they’ve seen in […]
By Ray Hamill — Arguably this was the closest of all of our high school awards categories this year, with little to separate the top three contenders. But when you’re one of […]
By Ray Hamill — Of the approximately 150 H-DNL teams that competed this past year, no one set a higher standard on or off the field of competition than the Del Norte […]
By Ray Hamill — Another week, another McKinleyville Little League team is crowned District 26 champs. It’s been that sort of summer. On Thursday night, the Mack Junior All-Stars capped a dominating […]
The Bercovich Honors opened a three-game series with a 5-2 win over the Humboldt Crabs at the Arcata Ball Park on Friday night. The loss ended an eight-game winning streak for the […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a year many local teams and coaches will remember for some time, including a very clutch Arcata baseball team. Under the guidance of longtime head coach […]
By Ray Hamill — The District 26 Junior All-Star Tournament returned with a bang this year. Competing at Mel Berti Field in Newburg Park, Fortuna, the six-day, 10-game tournament featured six local […]
By Ray Hamill — It didn’t take long for Colby Lunsford to figure out the one thing most former Humboldt Crabs players always seem to agree on — that there is no […]
By Ray Hamill — There are two days remaining in the 2023 Humboldt Eagles tournament and plenty off opportunities for local fans to still take in some of the excitement. The four-day […]
By Ray Hamill — Hoopa’s Gerard Marshall leaves an impressive legacy with the Warriors after an outstanding senior year in three different sports. And that’s why he’s the 2023 Humboldt Sports Little […]
By Ray Hamill — Officially she only won three league MVP awards this year, but in reality she was the best athlete in the Little 4 in four sports. And that’s why […]
The Humboldt Crabs are finding their groove as they get set for the second half of the campaign. Halfway through the 2023 season, the local collegiate summer club is 19-5 after stretching […]
Eureka graduate Rogan Bode is enjoying a big summer playing for the Humboldt Eagles 19Us, and that continued to be the case on Wednesday night as the local American Legion club beat […]
By Ray Hamill — After another hugely exciting school year in sports, it has been a challenge narrowing down roughly 150 H-DNL teams to just 10 finalists for our 2023 Humboldt Sports […]
By Ray Hamill — Eagles 19U head coach Matt Tomlin knows his team will be in for a challenge this week, as they get set to open their annual tournament on Thursday. […]
The Humboldt Youth Soccer League (HYSL) is looking to add to its referee team. The local youth soccer association has put out a call to the community with details of the application […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of local teams have stepped in to fill a void after two teams dropped out of this week’s Eagles American Legion tournament. The 16-team, four-day tournament […]
By Ray Hamill — An old friend will rejoin the Humboldt Eagles this week, just in time for one of their biggest tournaments of the summer and a playoff push. Fresh off […]
Thursday’s Games 19U Eagles vs. Australia 2 (Belotti Field), 2 p.m. Point Arena vs. Dukes (Berlotti Field), 4:30 p.m. Australia 1 vs. Eagles (Redwood Fields), 5:30 p.m. Eugene vs. Australia 3 (Belotti […]