By Ray Hamill — At least one local coach is confident his team’s season will go ahead this year despite the uncertainty surrounding the high school sports calendar. Eureka High cross country […]
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 — At least one local coach is confident his team’s season will go ahead this year despite the uncertainty surrounding the high school sports calendar. Eureka High cross country […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Humboldt State star Alex Cappa will begin his playoff journey with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday after what has been a breakout season for him. Praised […]
It may have been a disappointing fall with no competition on the fields of play, but the Lumberjacks did not disappoint in the classroom Not only did the Humboldt State student athletes […]
By Ray Hamill — The California Interscholastic Federation issued a statement this week addressing a potential return to competition later this month. The state high school sports governing body is asking people […]
By Ray Hamill — It looks like the Corsairs will get the opportunity to defend their conference championships in men’s and women’s basketball this year. On Tuesday the Golden Valley Conference Athletic […]
By Ray Hamill — High school athletes and sports fans throughout the state remain in limbo after the California Department of Public Health failed to re-address the proposed January return date on […]
By Ray Hamill — Some local sports fans will remember 2020 as the year of COVID-19, while others will remember it as the year Orion and Louis Cosce broke onto the UFC […]
By Ray Hamill — The 2020 year in sports will be remembered more for what we didn’t get to see than what we did. For the most part, local sports have been […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League will have plenty to discuss in the coming weeks, as local high school sports hope for a return in late January. According to the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Adkins coaching tradition is alive and well. On New Year’s Eve, former Arcata High quarterback Matt Adkins will be on the sidelines for San Jose State, when […]
By Ray Hamill — For the second time this season, a pair of former Lumberjacks will face off against each other in the NFL. And this time, one of them will be […]
This is the fourth in a series of stories focusing on the next generation of MMA talent here on the North Coast, as Humboldt Sports takes a closer look at the many […]
By Ray Hamill — Despite leading all guards in the NFC in fan voting, former Humboldt State star Alex Cappa failed to make this year’s Pro Bowl roster. The conference all-star teams […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt State may not have a football team, but the Jacks played their part in an historic season nonetheless. On Saturday, San Jose State won a first-ever Mountain […]
By Ray Hamill — Fan voting for this season’s NFL Pro Bowl closed out late last week, with former Humboldt State star Alex Cappa leading the way among NFC guards. Cappa, in […]
By Ray Hamill — Kyle Spalding capped an outstanding season playing left tackle at San Diego State by being named to the Mountain West All-Conference First Team this week. And on Thursday […]
By Ray Hamill — While the recent news that College of the Redwoods is considering bringing back football doesn’t guarantee anything just yet, it also doesn’t mean we can’t begin to dream. […]
By Ray Hamill — Local football fans have just a few more hours to cast a Pro Bowl vote for Alex Cappa, with voting set to close at 9 p.m. PDT today. […]
By Ray Hamill — Brothers Jack and Maximus Rice are wasting no time in preparing to transfer after the news broke on Tuesday afternoon that Azusa Pacific is dropping its football program. […]
By Ray Hamill — On Monday evening the state of California released updated guidelines for high school and adult recreational sports, establishing a tier system for when competition can potentially resume. The […]