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 — There were many heroes for McKinleyville in Friday night’s breakthrough win against Fort Bragg, none more so than senior receiver/DB Che Jimenez, who has arguably been the Panthers’ […]
In what many local coaches hope is a sign of things to come, JV boys soccer returned to the North Coast on Monday, when Fortuna played McKinleyville. The Panthers won the game […]
By Ray Hamill — Week three of the high school football season threw up a few minor surprises, while confirming much of what we already believed. There were big wins — again […]
By Ray Hamill — Lane Thrap scored five touchdowns in Saturday’s 49-8 win over Arcata at Crusader Field, giving him a remarkable 11 total just three games into the new season. It […]
By Ray Hamill — Four of the nine local high school football teams posted their first win of the season on Friday night, giving each of them some much-needed momentum going forward. […]
The Hoopa Warriors overcame a difficult start to settle into their game at Etna on Friday night, but saw the momentum slip away early in the second half on the way to […]
The Eureka girls got their season off to a winning start in tennis on Saturday, running out to a 5-2 victory over McKinleyville. Lauren Albertini and Jem Mia won their singles matches […]
By Ray Hamill — Will Omey and Lane Thrap continued to set a blistering pace on offense on Saturday, but the real story in St. Bernard’s dominating 49-8 win over Arcata at […]
College of the Redwoods football lost its first game of the season on Saturday, falling 51-34 at Monterrey Peninsula. Quarterback Brody Lucero, who is back after missing most of last season through […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers got their first win of the season on Friday night, holding on to beat Fort Bragg 21-15. Despite giving up an 80-yard touchdown on the […]
The South Fork Cubs suffered their first loss of the season in girls soccer on Saturday, falling 1-0 to Laytonville in Miranda. The visitors, who recently re-established their program after years of […]
By Ray Hamill — One day after watching his team post their first win of the season, Fortuna head coach Mike Benbow gave special praise to the performance of his offensive line. […]
A young South Fork Cubs football team is slowly getting healthy again and building some momentum. On Friday night, the Cubs got their first win of the season, getting the better of […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville JVs rallied for a second straight week on Friday night, pulling out a dramatic 32-22 win in football over visiting Fort Bragg at HSU’s Redwood Bowl. […]
Cass Bell broke with tradition on Saturday night. This time he won in the first round instead of waiting until the second. Making his fourth trip to the prestigious Bellator events, the […]
Three H-DNL teams got their first wins of the season on Friday night. Fortuna rushed for 423 yards on the way to a 29-14 win at Kelseyville, while the McKinleyville Panthers got […]
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers may have found a new hero in Velid Mujezinovic. More importantly, Thomas Locatelli may have found a new partner in crime. The two Mack linemen caused […]
The Eureka Loggers have been the most exciting team on the North Coast this season, with each of their games going down to the wire. Unfortunately they continue to lose these games, […]
By Ray Hamill — With a big showdown looming at Crusader Field on Saturday, Arcata head coach Jamal Jones has stressed this week that his team is not looking to replace St. […]
It was a good day for the Sundbergs and a good day for Arcata girls golf, as the new Humboldt-Del Norte League season got under way at Benbow on Thursday. McKinleyville senior […]
