By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods women will close out the 2019 volleyball season at home to Lassen on Thursday afternoon, and head coach Petra Lorenzi is hoping for […]
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 College of the Redwoods women will close out the 2019 volleyball season at home to Lassen on Thursday afternoon, and head coach Petra Lorenzi is hoping for […]
By Ray Hamill — Local basketball fans will get the opportunity to see the new-look College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team in action online Wednesday night. The Corsairs play at Marin […]
By Ray Hamill — Two seniors led the way recently as their teams clinched a league championship, and each are this week’s Humboldt Sports Athletes of the Week. In volleyball, Arcata’s Maya […]
By Ray Hamill — Both the present and future of St. Bernard’s football was on display on Saturday. With four starters injured by the second half of their regular season finale against […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Mustangs will get the opportunity to defend their AAA title in youth football, after qualifying for the championship game with a 26-13 win over Eel River […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers matched their on-court success in volleyball with some impressive fundraising off of it this season. The Panthers not only pushed Big 5 champion Arcata all […]
By Ray Hamill — A different angle provided a very different perspective on the controversial pass interference penalty in a football game at Crusader Field on Saturday, and it appears as if […]
By Ray Hamill — Never underestimate a Mike Benbow coached team in November. Every year the long-time head coach and his exemplary staff have their team playing its best football at the […]
By Ray Hamill — They may have lost to Fortuna on Saturday, but there were plenty of highlights for the St. Bernard’s Crusaders nonetheless, as they get set for the upcoming North […]
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies will host a doubleheader of playoff soccer at Fortuna High on Friday night, after both the school’s teams received the top seed for the North Coast […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for round two. After an exhilarating ride through the H-DNL that saw the league championship go down to the final week of action, the top three […]
UPDATE – For more on this controversy and a very different angle of the play, see our updated story on the call … By Ray Hamill — There was plenty of controversy […]
By Ray Hamill — A difficult season ended all too soon for the Eureka Loggers on Friday night, as they saw any chances of making the playoffs end in a 48-19 loss […]
The Arcata Tigers challenged the top seeds in the North Coast Section Division-IV volleyball playoffs on Saturday night, but were unable to pull out the upset, falling in three sets. The Tigers […]
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs are eager to get the football playoffs under way. After seeing their regular-season finale cancelled when Tomales opted out of a trip to Miranda […]
The Arcata Tigers carried their regular-season dominance into the H-DNL doubles tournament at Fortuna on Friday, taking all three divisions. Aimee Reiner and Keona Gutierrez teamed up at No. 1 doubles and […]
The Corsairs capped an undefeated run through their opening tournament of the season with a 75-66 win over Monterey Peninsula at the San Jose Tip Off tournament on Saturday. The College of […]
By Ray Hamill — Good news for the Fortuna Huskies. They get to practice again next week. On Saturday, in what was a do or die game, the Huskies grounded out a […]
CR’s Kaleb Traficante choose a pretty good time for his first-ever win in a cross country race. Traficante was one of several Corsairs to run the best race of their lives at […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors ran over the Eureka Loggers on their way to a Big 4 championship on Friday night, winning 48-19 in Crescent City. The home team […]