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 Arcata boys and Eureka girls both celebrated a Charlie Lakin Tournament championship on Saturday night. The Arcata boys defeated Eureka 11-2 in the baseball decider, while the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers will go into next week’s North Coast Section baseball playoffs with plenty of momentum after comfortably taking care of business in the Charlie Lakin Tournament […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers are Charlie Lakin Tournament champions for the second time after defeating a resilient Hoopa Warriors team in the championship game at the Arcata Sports Complex […]
Eureka’s Josh Mahle and Emily Pesch each placed first in their events at the North Coast Section Redwood Empire Track and Field Championships at Petaluma High School on Saturday. Mahle had the […]
By Ray Hamill — Fresh off their first league title in nine years, the Eureka girls will be looking to make some history in the coming weeks, and they’re not the only […]
By Ray Hamill — Only two teams have ever won a Charlie Lakin Tournament championship in the brief history of the H-DNL postseason baseball tournament. And the same two teams will face […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna to CR connection is alive and well. Last week, Huskies senior Ronnee Norwood signed a letter of commitment to play basketball for the Corsairs, becoming the […]
By Ray Hamill — Golf, baseball and track and field are all represented in this week’s Humboldt Sports Athletes of the Week, sponsored by College of the Redwoods Athletics. In golf, St. […]
By Ray Hamill — A never-say-die attitude is paying off for one local softball team, which is getting ready to compete on the biggest stage of all. The Mad River MIST 14U […]
The fans who showed up at the Arcata Ball Park on Thursday night were treated to a pitching classic in the all-Eureka Charlie Lakin Tournament semifinal between the Loggers and St. Bernard’s […]
The Hoopa girls have proven they can compete with any team in the H-DNL, and they’ll get the chance to prove it once again on Saturday night. In Thursday night’s Charlie Lakin […]
The Big 5 co-champs will get to face off once more in Saturday’s Charlie Lakin Tournament championship game. In the first of Thursday’s semifinals at the Arcata Ball Park, the Arcata Tigers […]
By Ray Hamill — Senior McKenna Beach is closing out her high school career in impressive fashion. Beach has been on fire at the plate recently, and that continued on Thursday evening […]
St. Bernard’s sophomore Jack Kramer shot a round of 74 to tie for fifth overall at the North Coast Section boys Division-2 golf tournament on Monday. Kramer, who placed second to Eureka’s […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors said farewell to six seniors this week as they closed out the 2022 baseball season, including two starters who played key roles for the […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL announced early Thursday afternoon that that the Charlie Lakin Tournament semifinals will go ahead as scheduled. After concerns that the weather would force a postponement of […]
By Ray Hamill— The St. Bernard’s Crusaders gave the McKinleyville Panthers all they could handle early on in Wednesday’s Charlie Lakin Tournament opener at the Arcata Sports Complex, but the Big 5 runners-up […]
The Eureka Loggers comfortably took care of business in their Charlie Lakin Tournament opener at the Arcata Ball Park on Wednesday, defeating South Fork 11-1 in five innings. Caden Vance hit a […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies overcame a slow start on their way to victory in the opening round of the Charlie Lakin Tournament at the Arcata Ball Park on Wednesday. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors will get another chance to take on Big 5 champs Eureka on Thursday after a comfortable 16-1 win over South Fork in the opening […]
