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 Del Norte boys withstood an early onslaught by the visiting Hoopa Warriors in H-DNL basketball on Wednesday night, running out to a comfortable 81-51 win. Edwin Zepeda led the way offensively […]
Despite missing their senior leader for much of the first half, the Del Norte Warriors comfortably took care of business at home to Hoopa in H-DNL girls basketball on Wednesday night, winning […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies pulled away late at St. Bernard’s in H-DNL girls basketball on Wednesday night, outscoring the Crusaders 23-14 in the final quarter on the way to a […]
By Ray Hamill — As one coach mentioned to me earlier this week, Kira Morris could be athlete of the week any week. As it turns out, she’s one of this week’s […]
By Ray Hamill — A softball doubleheader between College of the Redwoods and Shasta College scheduled for Thursday has been canceled after two of the Knights players suffered season ending injuries. The […]
By Ray Hamill — A couple of H-DNL basketball teams got some good news today when they were cleared for an immediate return to the basketball court. The McKinleyville girls and Fortuna […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers outscored the visiting Eureka Loggers in each of the final three quarters of Tuesday night’s boys basketball opener on the way to a 59-39 win. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka boys will be tough to stop on the basketball courts, in a year or two. For now, however, this group of upcoming players will have to […]
The accolades continue for Humboldt State softball standout Izzy Starr, who was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Team, it was announced on Tuesday. Starr becomes the 47th player from […]
By Ray Hamill — After being forced to cancel last summer’s American Legion baseball season because of the pandemic, the Southern Humboldt 76ers are coming back stronger than ever this year. The […]
The Del Norte boys tipped off the new H-DNL basketball season on a winning note on Tuesday, getting the better of Ferndale 54-28. Judson Pincombe scored a game-high 15 points to lead […]
By Ray Hamill — A short spring basketball season is getting shorter for a whole lot of teams. The H-DNL season tipped off on Monday, but two of four varsity girls games […]
By Ray Hamill — A familiar face returns to coach the St. Bernard’s girls basketball team this year, in what will be a quick three-week season. Head coach Matt Tomlin is back […]
By Ray Hamill — A highly-competitive H-DNL track and field season concluded with the league championships at Fortuna on Saturday. It may have been a shortened season, but that didn’t take from […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna boys and Eureka girls each comfortably won their respective team competitions at the H-DNL track and field championships at Fortuna on Saturday. The Fortuna boys scored […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a phenomenal season on the mound for St. Bernard’s, and it should only get better. And that means the Crusaders are setting themselves up for a […]
Starting spots will be up for grabs for the Fortuna girls on Wednesday night, as the Huskies continue a quick H-DNL basketball season with a matchup at St. Bernard’s. The Huskies opened […]
High school basketball returned to the North Coast for the first time in 443 days on Monday, with a pair of games played locally. And at least one local player had an […]
It’s a pity the H-DNL baseball season was as short as it was, because a number of teams were just getting warmed up. Including a young McKinleyville Panthers team, which won its […]
Humboldt State announced on Tuesday morning that athletic director Jane Teixeira is stepping down. According to a press release, Teixreira is leaving the position “to spend time focusing on serious family matters.” […]
