By Ray Hamill — The Eureka boys basketball team will host its annual Logger Classic this week, with the action getting under way on Thursday. This year five local teams will feature […]
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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.
Bell relaxed and ready ahead of big Bellator fight
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt County’s most famous MMA pro landed safely in Hawaii on Tuesday ahead of this Friday’s big fight at Bellator’s Salute to the Troops. Arcata’s Cass Bell will […]
Local teams prepare for Lady Panther Classic
By Ray Hamill — More than half the H-DNL will be in action at the McKinleyville girls basketball tournament, which tips off on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the host team, Fortuna, […]
Surprised Guilbert receives rowing scholarship from Sac State
By Ray Hamill — Malia Guilbert has always been good at sports, she just didn’t know which sport in particular she had a real knack for. Until a few weeks ago that […]
PODCAST — Cass Bell joins us to talk about this week’s fight
Check out the latest episode of our weekly podcast, Humboldt Sports Talk, where local MMA fighter Cass Bell joins us to talk about this week’s big fight in Hawaii and his MMA […]
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Crusaders sweep at home; DN, Ferndale boys win
St. Bernard’s swept a doubleheader of home games on Tuesday night, as the boys improved to 2-1 with a comfortable 64-37 win over Round Valley, and the girls got the better of […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Puzz, Thrower and SB all step up
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt State’s Alexia Thrower continued her impressive season on the basketball court over the weekend, leading the Jacks in a pair of games. Thrower had back-to-back double-doubles, giving […]
Slayton and Cox Cooley join Hagler as Big 4 MVPs
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL released the Big 4 all-league selections for football on Monday, with three players who played for a state championship this past weekend named MVPs. Del Norte […]
Gomes, Regli named MVPs in Little 4
By Ray Hamill — As expected, Little 4 champions Ferndale dominated the all-league selections in football, which were released this week and included seniors Landon Gomes and Dominic Regli. The versatile and […]
Team Cosce excited for the future after another big win
By Ray Hamill — Louis Cosce will take a short break to weigh up his options after another dominating win over the weekend. The local pro MMA fighter took just 18 seconds […]
VIDEO — Complete highlights and all the SB touchdowns from Saturday’s thrilling win
By Ray Hamill — For those of you who can’t get enough of Saturday’s thrilling state championship win for St. Bernard’s, here’s the complete highlight package with all five of the Crusaders’ […]
St. Bernard’s seniors go out with a smile
By Ray Hamill — There’s something to be said about winning your final high school game in any sport, especially if that’s a championship game, and even more so if it’s a […]
VIDEO — Bold strategy inspires St. Bernard’s players
By Ray Hamill — Two onside kick recoveries in the third quarter led to a pair of touchdowns for the Crusaders in Saturday night’s state championship showdown at the Redwood Bowl, as […]
Conference rivals meet in tournament championship
The Ferndale Wildcats got the better of the South Fork Cubs in the championship game at the California School girls basketball tournament on Saturday night by a score of 48-42. The win […]
VIDEO — State championship Gatorade shower and celebrations
By Ray Hamill — Matt Tomlin and the St. Bernard’s Crusaders won their second state championship in five seasons on Saturday night, beating South High at the Redwood Bowl by a score […]
VIDEO — Omey delivers big hit on his way to the end zone
By Ray Hamill — Will Omey and the St. Bernard’s Crusaders had a night to remember on Saturday as they clinched a second state championship in football in five seasons. Omey ran […]
VIDEO — Big night for Prudhomme on both sides of the ball
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s sophomore Demarte Prudhomme has been among the most impressive players on the North Coast over the second half of the season and capped a brilliant debut […]
No denying St. Bernard’s history makers in entertaining clash
By Ray Hamill — The lions are kings of the jungle one more time. On Saturday night, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders capped a memorable campaign with a 34-20 win over the South […]
Puzz named tourney MVP as Corsairs continue to roll
The Corsairs came away with arguably their most impressive win of the basketball season on Saturday night, knocking off the No. 4 ranked team in the state. The College of the Redwoods […]
Warriors celebrate their season after state bowl loss
It was a disappointing ending for the Del Norte Warriors, but they still had plenty to celebrate on Saturday night. As head coach Nick White said afterwards, “our season was awesome.” It […]