By Ray Hamill — Northern Humboldt Knights coach Sean Brantley paid tribute to his team on Wednesday evening, shortly after hearing the news their season has essentially been suspended. All local American […]
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 — Northern Humboldt Knights coach Sean Brantley paid tribute to his team on Wednesday evening, shortly after hearing the news their season has essentially been suspended. All local American […]
The McKinleyville Little League has been forced to cancel its summer season, the association announced on Wednesday. The announcement was made on the association’s Facebook page and comes after weeks of trying […]
Humboldt State announced on Wednesday that psychology professor Amber Gaffney has been chosen as the school’s Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Gaffney replaces Dr. Mary Glenn in a position that plays a critical […]
Humboldt State Athletics has announced a cross campus partnership with the formation of the Lumberjacks Vote Initiative to improve voter turnout among student athletes at the local university. “We are in a […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt County health officials announced on Wednesday morning that local baseball games will not be allowed to go ahead until further notice. The county notified the two local […]
The Humboldt Eagles 17U were involved in another close game on Sunday, falling 4-3 to Sutter Varsity in the championship game of the American Legion tournament at the Arcata Little League Fields. […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19U quickly returned to winning ways on Sunday, sweeping a doubleheader of games to go 15-2 on the season. The local American Legion club defeated Sacramento 911 by a […]
By Ray Hamill — The message was loud and clear on Saturday. The Humboldt Eagles just want to play baseball, and they’re apparently willing to do whatever they have to in order […]
By Ray Hamill — Playing one of their toughest opponents of the summer, the Humboldt Eagles 19U American Legion team split a doubleheader against the West Coast Kings at St. Bernard’s on […]
Camerin Goddard pitched a two-hit complete game on Saturday as the Humboldt Eagles 16U American Legion baseball team beat Siskiyous 11-2 in five innings at the Arcata Little League Fields. Goddard allowed […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Eagles 17U had to withstand a nervous ending on Saturday afternoon, but they were able to hold on for a fourth straight win, defeating the Tehama […]
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 […]