By Ray Hamill — With their Big 5 opener in boys basketball less than a week away, the Eureka Loggers have put themselves in position to challenge for a league title after […]
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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.
Warriors headed in the right direction as league play looms
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors have come storming out of the gates in boys basketball this season, and will go into league play next week with an impressive record […]
Defense lifts short-handed Mack girls to victory
A very short-handed McKinleyville girls basketball team got the new year off to a successful start with a 50-33 win at Deer Valley on Thursday evening. The Panthers had just six players […]
Arcata to host Hoopa as both prepare for league openers
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers will host several games in boys basketball this weekend, as they finalize preparation for next week’s Big 5 tip-off. First up, the Arcata boys will […]
Close-knit Crusaders expecting Little 4 battle
By Ray Hamill — Fresh off their state championship win in football, many of the St. Bernard’s players are now firmly focused on basketball, with their Little 4 opener just a week […]
Impressive CR women prepare for tough conference
By Ray Hamill — Things are about to get a little tougher for College of the Redwoods women’s basketball, although this year’s team appears well up to the challenge. The Corsairs have […]
OUR 2019 SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR
By Ray Hamill — Congratulations to Cass Bell, the HumboldtSports.com 2019 Sportsperson of the Year. And what a year it has been for the Arcata star, in and out of the MMA […]
END OF YEAR AWARDS — And the winners are …
By Ray Hamill — The polls closed on Tuesday evening and the results are in. North Coast sports fans have spoken, and in some cases they’ve spoken quite emphatically. In a landslide […]
Final chance to vote for end of year awards
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — A big thank you to everyone who reached out to us over the past week to vote for our end-of-year awards. The response was […]
WEEKEND BASKETBALL — Busy Saturday for H-DNL teams
The St. Bernard’s girls defeated River City 72-65 on Saturday to claim claim the consolation at the Fort Bragg tournament. Shelby Jordan and Saulele Tanuvasa were each named all-tournament for the Crusaders, […]
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — H-DNL teams return to action
Several local teams were back in action the day after Christmas at a variety of tournaments, including three H-DNL teams competing at the Fort Bragg tournament. Early on Friday, the St. Bernard’s […]
END OF YEAR AWARDS — Time to vote for Team of the Year
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — It’s time to vote North Coast sports fans, for your end of year sports awards, including local athletes of the year, as well as […]
END OF YEAR AWARDS — Time to vote for Athlete of the Year (boys)
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — It’s time to vote North Coast sports fans, for your end of year sports awards, including local athletes of the year, as well as […]
END OF YEAR AWARDS — Time to vote for Coach of the Year
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — It’s time to vote North Coast sports fans, for your end of year sports awards, including local athletes of the year, as well as […]
END OF YEAR AWARDS — Time to vote for Athlete of the Year (girls)
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — It’s time to vote North Coast sports fans, for your end of year sports awards, including local athletes of the year, as well as […]
PODCAST — Montana, Gutierrez and Schoenhofer join us on this week’s Humboldt Sports Talk
Check out this week’s Humboldt Sports Talk podcast, which features interviews with a trio of former H-DNL athletes — Eureka’s Cruz Montana and Isaak Gutierrez, and St. Bernard’s Makenna Schoenhofer — who […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Eureka seniors, Fortuna basketball honored
By Ray Hamill — Basketball and wrestling take center stage this week, as we honor the best performances from this past weekend. And that includes a couple of Eureka High seniors. On […]
Corsairs break into top 20 in state rankings
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs got an early Christmas present of sorts after breaking into the top 20 in the latest state coaches poll in basketball. The College of the Redwoods […]
New strategy paying off for Eureka girls in wrestling
The Loggers continued to impress on the wrestling mats over the weekend with another strong early-season showing at the West Coast Women’s Tournament of Champions. The Eureka girls placed 10th out of […]
Harlem Globetrotters coming to Humboldt
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters are coming to the North Coast. The iconic basketball team will appear at Lumberjack Arena on January 13, as part of their Pushing The Limits World Tour. […]