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 — The Humboldt Eagles faced their toughest challenge of the summer yet on Saturday, splitting a hard-fought doubleheader with the West Coast Kings in 19U American Legion baseball action […]
The Northern Humboldt Giants 17U team defeated the Humboldt Eagles 16U by a score of 7-3 in American Legion baseball action on Saturday at the Arcata Little League Fields. Check out some […]
The Humboldt Eagles 17U came out swinging at the Arcata Little League Fields on Friday, rolling over Sutter 16-0 in five innings. Several Eagles had huge days at the plate, no one […]
By Ray Hamill — Caleb Ruiz became the second Humboldt Eagles pitcher in less than a week to throw a no-hitter, as the 19U American Legion team swept yet another doubleheader on […]
By Ray Hamill — There are exactly nine weeks to go until the scheduled season opening weekend for high school football. Of course, it remains to be seen if the season will […]
On Thursday the California Community College Athletics Association issued a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The statement was issued by the CCCAA Board of Directors, who said they […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Eagles 19Us left it late in the opening game of Thursday’s baseball doubleheader against Team Australia, but it was well worth the wait. Trailing 3-1 heading […]
By Ray Hamill — The in-form Jaden Gorge drove in Zac Anderson to seal a walk-off win on Thursday afternoon, as the Humboldt Eagles 19U rallied to beat Team Australia 4-3 in […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL has submitted the California Interscholastic Federation’s return to activity guidelines to the county health department for approval. The CIF guidelines were released earlier this month, with […]
Frank James Cheek was born on August 6, 1937 to Alberta and Floyd Cheek in Dayton, Kentucky. He was the second oldest of five children. Alberta was just 18 years old when […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Eagles 19U American Legion baseball team suffered a first loss of the summer on Wednesday evening, but bounced back quickly with their best offensive display yet […]
Big brother walked away with bragging rights on Wednesday evening, when the Humboldt Eagles 17U American Legion baseball team won a matchup against the club’s 16U squad at the Redwood Fields in […]
Grant Landy has been named the new HSU women’s soccer head coach after serving as the interim head coach since March. The long-time coach brings 24 years experience to the position, […]
By Ray Hamill — Off to an impressive 7-0 start this season, a loaded Humboldt Eagles 19U American Legion baseball team has been living up to expectations thus far. The roster features […]
Hayden Bode hit a home run to highlight another good day for the Humboldt Eagles 19U American Legion baseball team on Monday, as they comfortably got the better of Fort Bragg 8-1 […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us continued to roll on Sunday and continued to get more outstanding pitching on the way to completing a four-game weekend sweep of the Sacramento Better Baseball. The local […]
By Ray Hamill — Landon Gomes is headed to Butte College this fall, and on Saturday he showed why he will likely be a big success there. The outgoing Ferndale High senior […]
By Ray Hamill — Through the opening two days of the summer season, one thing is clear about this year’s Humboldt Eagles 19U American Legion baseball team. They’ve come out ready to […]
Dean Wellik scored a walk-off winning run on a passed ball to lead the Northern Humboldt Giants to a 2-1 win in game two of an American Legion baseball doubleheader with the […]
Arcata’s Elam Wright is fast making a name for himself behind the plate. On Saturday, Wright was instrumental in helping the Northern Humboldt Knights sweep a doubleheader of 16U American Legion baseball […]
