The Eureka and St. Bernard’s boys will play for a place in the championship game of the Logger Classic on Friday night after each took care of business in their tourney openers […]
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 Eureka and St. Bernard’s boys will play for a place in the championship game of the Logger Classic on Friday night after each took care of business in their tourney openers […]
The Eureka Loggers dropped their opening game at the Lady Panther Classic on Thursday night, falling 51-46 to Yreka. In other tournament action, both Fortuna and McKinleyville each advanced to the semifinals, […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt County’s own green monster will be hoping to pack some Hawaiian punch on Friday night, as he looks to continue what has been a remarkable run for […]
An inexperienced Panthers boys basketball team has struggled this season in terms of wins and losses, but head coach Sonny Tripp feels the best is yet to come from this year’s team. […]
By Ray Hamill — This year’s Fortuna Huskies are fast forging their own identity on the basketball court. One year on from their history-setting season, the Fortuna boys are off to a […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka boys basketball team will host its annual Logger Classic this week, with the action getting under way on Thursday. This year five local teams will feature […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt County’s most famous MMA pro landed safely in Hawaii on Tuesday ahead of this Friday’s big fight at Bellator’s Salute to the Troops. Arcata’s Cass Bell will […]
By Ray Hamill — More than half the H-DNL will be in action at the McKinleyville girls basketball tournament, which tips off on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the host team, Fortuna, […]
By Ray Hamill — Malia Guilbert has always been good at sports, she just didn’t know which sport in particular she had a real knack for. Until a few weeks ago that […]
Check out the latest episode of our weekly podcast, Humboldt Sports Talk, where local MMA fighter Cass Bell joins us to talk about this week’s big fight in Hawaii and his MMA […]
St. Bernard’s swept a doubleheader of home games on Tuesday night, as the boys improved to 2-1 with a comfortable 64-37 win over Round Valley, and the girls got the better of […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt State’s Alexia Thrower continued her impressive season on the basketball court over the weekend, leading the Jacks in a pair of games. Thrower had back-to-back double-doubles, giving […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL released the Big 4 all-league selections for football on Monday, with three players who played for a state championship this past weekend named MVPs. Del Norte […]
By Ray Hamill — As expected, Little 4 champions Ferndale dominated the all-league selections in football, which were released this week and included seniors Landon Gomes and Dominic Regli. The versatile and […]
By Ray Hamill — Louis Cosce will take a short break to weigh up his options after another dominating win over the weekend. The local pro MMA fighter took just 18 seconds […]
By Ray Hamill — For those of you who can’t get enough of Saturday’s thrilling state championship win for St. Bernard’s, here’s the complete highlight package with all five of the Crusaders’ […]
By Ray Hamill — There’s something to be said about winning your final high school game in any sport, especially if that’s a championship game, and even more so if it’s a […]
By Ray Hamill — Two onside kick recoveries in the third quarter led to a pair of touchdowns for the Crusaders in Saturday night’s state championship showdown at the Redwood Bowl, as […]
The Ferndale Wildcats got the better of the South Fork Cubs in the championship game at the California School girls basketball tournament on Saturday night by a score of 48-42. The win […]
By Ray Hamill — Matt Tomlin and the St. Bernard’s Crusaders won their second state championship in five seasons on Saturday night, beating South High at the Redwood Bowl by a score […]