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 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 […]
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte wasn’t in a sharing mood on Friday night. With a league title on the line, the Warriors wore down Eureka with a relentless ground attack, blowing […]
The Tigers will have to wait a week to find out if they’ve made the North Coast Section playoffs, but they more than likely did enough to secure inclusion with a 56-16 […]
There was no stopping the Wildcats once again on Friday, and no stopping Landon Gomes. The Ferndale senior ran for three of his team’s five TDs in a 34-13 win over McKinleyville […]
The Corsairs continued their fast start to the men’s basketball season with a second win in two days at the San Jose Tip Off on Friday, defeating Foothill 56-53. It was another […]
By Ray Hamill — The Tigers are having fun, and they don’t want it to stop. A senior-heavy Arcata volleyball team has been close to unstoppable recently, storming through league play and […]
By Ray Hamill — We could see a repeat of last year’s North Coast Section Division-III championship in girls soccer this season. You never know for sure how the seedings committee is […]
There were mixed fortunes for the two H-DNL teams still remaining in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs on Thursday night. The Arcata Tigers advanced to the second round of the Division-IV […]
By Ray Hamill — For at least three of the nine North Coast teams, the playoffs are essentially already under way. Eureka and Fortuna both have to win this weekend to make […]
By Ray Hamill — For any offense in football it all begins with the offensive line, and that has been the foundation for St. Bernard’s success this season. The high-flying Crusaders are […]
By Ray Hamill — The NCS playoffs might be kicking off a week later than expected, but for the Eureka Loggers they’re really beginning a week early. The Loggers travel to Del […]
Apparently they’re not the worst team in the state of California after all. After being ranked dead last in the preseason out of 98 community college teams in the state in at […]
By Ray Hamill — Unlike the school’s boys team, the South Fork girls don’t have to wait anxiously for Sunday to find out if they will make the North Coast Section soccer […]
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors are taking full advantage of an extra weekend before the football playoffs, adding a home game against California School for the Deaf to fill the […]
The Eureka boys will go into next week’s H-DNL cross country championships as favorites after another big showing at Wednesday’s league meet at the Eureka Municipal Golf Course. The host Loggers beat […]
A memorable season on the volleyball court for the McKinleyville Panthers came to an end on Wednesday, as they bowed out of the North Coast Section Division-IV playoffs at St. Joseph-Notre Dame […]
