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 McKinleyville 12-year-old All-Stars came out swinging the bats on Thursday night, as they opened the Area tournament with a comfortable 15-2 victory over Chico Eastside in Anderson. And it was a […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us dropped their playoff opener in Fairfield on Thursday, falling 12-10 to Petaluma. Despite the loss, they remain alive in the chase for a place in the state tournament […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s baseball head coach Matt Tomlin has been named MaxPreps California Baseball Coach of the Year, while two local players have been named to the website’s Baseball […]
By Ray Hamill — Preparations are going well for the Mad River MIST 14U girls, as they get set to represent Humboldt County at the Alliance Fastpitch national tournament later this month. […]
By Ray Hamill — Five local Little League All-Star teams will be in action again in the coming days as the next step on their playoff journey continues. Thursday night will be […]
Keenan Morris returned to the North Coast this week to help the Redding Tigers secure a series split with the Humboldt Crabs. The former Eureka Logger hit an RBI single on Wednesday […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt Sports managed to reunite a couple of former teammates while honoring our high school athletes, team and coach of the year this summer. Jeff Meyer of Mendes […]
By Ray Hamill — Six years on from his tragic passing, the legacy of Gene Cotter lives on. Fondly known as Geno, the Southern Humboldt native and local basketball legend died in […]
There were plenty of fireworks on and off the track at Redwood Acres Raceway on Saturday night as Harper Motors presented a thrilling evening of racing in all five divisions. The night […]
Former Eureka High and Humboldt State standout Taylor McMillin has been named the new head coach of the women’s soccer team at College of the Redwoods. McMillin, a 2012 Eureka graduate, takes […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us closed out their own tournament unbeaten with a pair of victories on Sunday, including a 7-2 win over the Pioneers in the championship game at Bomber Field in […]
The Northern Humboldt Giants will carry plenty of momentum into this week’s district tournament after winning the Humboldt Eagles tournament over the weekend. The Giants responded to an opening-day loss with five […]
Jackson Giacone had his best game yet for the Humboldt Crabs over the weekend and Caleb Ruiz got his team-leading fourth win of the summer, as the team remained red hot with […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us opened up a nine-run lead in the first inning and never looked back on their way to a comfortable 14-5 win over Portland Black at Bomber Field on […]
There has been little to separate the top teams at this week’s Humboldt Eagles American Legion 17U tournament, with three of the six clubs involved tied atop the standings after pool play. […]
By Ray Hamill — A busy summer for young Lillian Wilson just got a whole lot busier. The Pacific Union eighth-grader placed first in a pair of events at the Jam On […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Ball Park is getting some necessary upgrades. For the past year, Humboldt Crabs president David Sharp and the City of Arcata have been working with state […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us improved to 3-0 at their own tournament with a 4-1 win over the Pioneers in a well-played pitchers’ duel at Bomber Field on Friday night. Vincent Agliolo got […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt Crabs manager Robin Guiver wasn’t always happy to see Javier Felix take the field, but that all changed this summer. Felix is enjoying a huge season with […]
Cal Poly Humboldt athletics has announced that Angela Spoja has been hired as the new head coach for the Lumberjacks volleyball program. Spoja, who has over 25 years of coaching experience at […]
