By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers lost another exciting game on Friday night, falling 17-14 to Windsor at Albee Stadium. Offensively, the Loggers failed to ignite for much of the night […]
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 Eureka Loggers lost another exciting game on Friday night, falling 17-14 to Windsor at Albee Stadium. Offensively, the Loggers failed to ignite for much of the night […]
By Ray Hamill — The Loggers had their chances against a good Windsor team, but ultimately were unable to come up with the big play when it mattered most, falling 17-14 at […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders overcame some sloppy play and mental mistakes on the way to overwhelming the Warriors 39-14 in Hoopa on Friday night. Senior quarterback Will Omey threw for six touchdowns […]
The Del Norte Warriors maintained their impressive start to the season, albeit against a less than stellar opponent, running out to a 62-0 win at home to Yreka on Friday night. In […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been an eventful summer for College of the Redwoods volleyball. With a handful of players leaving the team before the first competitive game for various reasons, things […]
By Ray Hamill — Some of the best local MMA talent will be in action at Saturday’s Bear River Casino fight night, and for at least one fighter, it might be one […]
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods announced on Friday afternoon that the school’s football team will play four of five home games this season at Humboldt State’s Redwood Bowl. The […]
Last week saw a number of impressive season opening performances by local prep football teams, none more so than Del Norte, according to Humboldt Sports readers. We asked our readers which team […]
By Ray Hamill — With his next big fight just a little over a week away, local pro MMA fighter Cass Bell had an injury scare during training this week. On Thursday, […]
Lexi White finished with 23 assists on Thursday night, as the McKinleyviile girls opened the new volleyball season with a straight-sets home win over a busy Fortuna team. The Panthers won 25-14, […]
By Ray Hamill — A busy Friday night sees six of the nine local high school football teams in action, including four playing here on the North Coast. Up in Crescent City, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers are preparing for something different this week, and head coach Jason White believes it has kept his players focused. On Friday night, Eureka will host […]
By Ray Hamill — Three former H-DNL players will make their season debuts this weekend for high profile Division-I college teams. Most notably, former Eureka standout Jake Hanson will start at center […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s full steam ahead for the Crusaders, who will be looking for a fast start once again at Hoopa on Friday night. Led by seniors Will Omey and […]
By Ray Hamill — Fight night returns to the Bear River Casino on Saturday night, with a packed card of 14 fights scheduled, as of Wednesday night. Numerous local favorites are featured […]
By Ray Hamill — Local student athletes interested in taking their talents to the collegiate level will get the opportunity to attend a free NCAA eligibility workshop at the Bayshore Mall on […]
The Northern Humboldt Steelheads were busy over the weekend, with two of three teams claiming tournament championships at the Summer Sizzler in Medford, including the 10U team. The youngest Steelheads squad won […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies welcome back a familiar face to the sidelines this fall, as they get set to kick off the high school girls soccer season on Thursday. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers will go into next week’s big showdown with plenty of confidence despite dropping their opening game on the road at South Tahoe over the weekend. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers will kick off the boys soccer season this weekend when they host their annual McKinleyville Invitational Soccer Tournament. The six-team, two-day tournament begins on Friday afternoon […]