By Ray Hamill — Practice for football and the other fall season sports will begin on December 14, the North Coast Section announced on Monday. The NCS calendar for the year was […]
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 — Practice for football and the other fall season sports will begin on December 14, the North Coast Section announced on Monday. The NCS calendar for the year was […]
By Ray Hamill — The Northern Section appears ready to defy the CIF and play this fall, announcing on Monday that it is pushing forward with plans to compete as soon as […]
The Humboldt Eagles closed out a six-game road trip in Oregon with a 7-4 loss to the River Dawgs in Grants Pass on Sunday night. The Dawgs scored five runs in the […]
By Ray Hamill — As expected, the California Interscholastic Federation announced on Monday morning that the fall high school sports seasons have been pushed back due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19 and […]
By Ray Hamill — Brothers Louis and Orion Cosce are on the verge of hitting the big time after it was announced this weekend that they will both compete on this summer’s […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us got themselves out of an early hole on Sunday on the way to comfortably beating the Portland Lumberjacks 15-5 in five innings in Eugene. Trailing 5-0 heading into […]
It took them a while, but the Humboldt Eagles 19Us finally got the better of a tough Eugene Challengers team on Saturday evening, taking game two of a doubleheader in Eugene, […]
The McKinleyville Panthers baseball program will hold its third annual golf tournament on September 12 at Beau Pre Golf Course. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for the Panthers, with all […]
By Ray Hamill — After a successful return to action last weekend, the Redwood Acres Raceway is now scheduled to hold a second day of racing on August 1. The local raceway […]
Early errors proved costly for the Humboldt Eagles 17Us in a 14-4 loss to the River Dogs in Grants Pass in American Legion baseball action on Friday night. Caden Vance continued his […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us began a busy weekend by splitting a doubleheader at Eugene on Friday night, defeating the Ole Athletics 11-6 in the opener, before falling 3-1 to the Eugene Challengers. […]
By Ray Hamill — By his own admission, next week’s MMA fight in Connecticut will be a “huge step up” for Cass Bell More important, his management has been told that a […]
By Ray Hamill — The Six Rivers Youth Football Conference announced on Wednesday night that the 2020 season has been canceled. The decision was forced on the local conference after this week’s […]
By Ray Hamill — We may have been robbed of Crabs baseball this summer, but it’s a pretty safe bet we got to see plenty of future Crabs players play, at least […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Eagles 19Us will take to the road for the third straight weekend when they travel to Oregon to play three doubleheaders beginning on Friday. And it […]
By Ray Hamill — Local pro MMA fighter Cass Bell this week announced details of his next fight and will return to the cage later this month on the East Coast. Bell, […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Humboldt Crabs player Damian Henderson has signed a professional contract with the Cincinnati Reds, and the club’s head coach Robin Guiver believes he has all the tools […]
Humboldt State women’s crew member Amelia Wagoner has been named the university’s nominee for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Wagoner is one of a record 605 female college athletes […]
By Ray Hamill — One step forward, two steps back. Just one week after returning to practice, the Fortuna High teams have been shut down again because of concerns over COVID-19. Both […]
Eureka’s Mo Charlo earned himself a nice little paycheck on Tuesday night, helping the Golden Eagles to a championship at ESPN’s winner-takes-all million dollar Basketball Tournament. Charlo scored five points as the […]