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 Eureka girls soccer team came into this season with high expectations and lofty ambitions, and they did not disappoint. On Saturday night, they clinched a second straight […]
By Ray Hamill — Playing on the road against higher seeds doesn’t seem to bother the H-DNL teams when it comes to the North Coast Section football playoffs. Of the seven squads […]
By Ray Hamill — Bring on Feather River. On Saturday afternoon, College of the Redwoods won a seventh straight game to go to 7-2 on the season and set up a much-anticipated […]
The South Fork Cubs booked themselves a place in next week’s North Coast Section semifinals with a 42-0 win at Tomales in the eight-man bracket on Friday night. The South Fork players […]
Freshmen twin brothers Trey and Ty Neff exploded for 51 points on Friday night, as the College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team knocked off a top-20 NorCal opponent for the second […]
By Ray Hamill — Just a couple of weeks after winning a first league championship in 32 years, the McKinleyville Panthers ended another long drought on Friday night. In a defensive showdown, […]
It’s safe to say the North Coast Section seedings committee got this one wrong. Despite a dominating season that saw them clinch a Big 4 championship, the Del Norte Warriors were handed […]
By Ray Hamill — With two games remaining on the schedule, it’s safe to say the Corsairs have already assured themselves of a successful comeback season. After not fielding a football team […]
By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. Arguably the hottest rivalry in local high school sports will be renewed on the biggest stage of all on Saturday night, when Eureka and […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Mustangs will look to continue their recent dominance in local youth football on Sunday, when the Six Rivers Conference hosts three championship games in Crescent City. […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a packed couple of days of North Coast Section football playoff action, with seven H-DNL teams playing, three on Friday night and four on Saturday. […]
By Ray Hamill — We have co-Teams of the Week once again this week, with a pair of history makers sharing the spoils. The St. Bernard’s girls soccer team clinched a North […]
Check out one of Payton Harbin’s eight interceptions above … By Ray Hamill — Several H-DNL football players feature at or near the top in multiple statistical categories in the North Coast […]
The fact that a program of Santa Rosa’s stature is willing to come up to play College of the Redwoods in men’s basketball tells us plenty about how far the Corsairs have […]
Seniors Ella Owsley and Daniel Shaver both set PRs on their way to winning an H-DNL cross country championship at the Arcata Marsh last weekend. Eureka’s Shaver saved his best for last […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers remain on course for a second straight North Coast Section championship in girls soccer after beating McKinleyville 3-0 in Wednesday night’s semifinal at Albee Stadium. […]
By Ray Hamill — Ever since the St. Bernard’s Crusaders switched to the Big 4 before the 2018 season, there has been no shortage of debate as to whether or not they […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL champions fell just shy in their bid for a place in this year’s North Coast Section Division-1 boys soccer championship game after losing in heartbreaking fashion […]
By Ray Hamill — Once again The Arcata Tigers have put themselves in position to make some school history. On Wednesday afternoon, they qualified for the North Coast Section Division-I girls soccer […]
It’s safe to say it was s successful debut campaign for the Northern Humboldt Steelheads 10Us. The young Steelheads capped a perfect year with their fourth tournament championship in four tournaments at […]
