By Ray Hamill — A pair of teams trying to rebound from a tough league-opening loss will meet at Husky Field in Fortuna on Friday night when the Huskies host the Crusaders. […]
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 — A pair of teams trying to rebound from a tough league-opening loss will meet at Husky Field in Fortuna on Friday night when the Huskies host the Crusaders. […]
The Corsairs made it two straight wins on the volleyball court with a five-sets win (25-20, 12-25, 22-25, 25-21,15-12) over Shasta at College of the Redwoods on Wednesday night. And for the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna boys took the top two spots in the latest round of the Humboldt-Del Norte League cross country season at Sequoia Park in Eureka on Wednesday. Sophomore […]
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs will try to get their season back on track and end a three-game losing skid when they travel to Foothill on Saturday. Redwoods is coming off […]
By Ray Hamill — Tyce Mullins is more than just a good football player. He’s a student of the game. Which is part of what makes him a good football player. For […]
By Ray Hamill — The Loggers inched closer to a perfect regular season with a 4-0 win over visiting Arcata at Albee Stadium on Wednesday evening. The Eureka girls have dominated North […]
The Fortuna Huskies kept their perfect league record in tact with a 5-0 win at South Fork on Wednesday evening. In other local games on Wednesday, the Arcata and Eureka boys played […]
Both the men’s and women’s Humboldt State basketball teams gathered for preseason practice this week, with the season openers just a few weeks away. And both squads will begin the campaign with […]
McKinleyville’s Molly Citro posted a two-stroke victory over teammate Phoebe Sundberg at Beau Pre on Tuesday in the final round of the Humboldt-Del Norte League in girls golf. The two Panthers have […]
By Ray Hamill — After clinching a dramatic five-sets win over Canada on Saturday, the Corsairs will try to make it two straight wins when they host Shasta at College of the […]
(Updated with correct NCS rankings on Oct. 18) By Ray Hamill — It was an emotionally-charged weekend on the local football fields, with big wins for Del Norte, Hoopa Valley and Arcata, […]
Sebastian Puente ran in four touchdowns to lead the Del Norte Warriors to an emotionally charged win over Fortuna in the Big 4 on Friday night, while Arcata cross country runner Riley […]
Austin Moore and Tyson Miller each won their respective MMA fights over the weekend, as there were mixed results for the six local fighters in action. Miller, who fights out of the […]
The College of the Redwoods women capped a busy three days on the volleyball court with a hard-fought five-sets victory over Canada (25-19, 15-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13) at home on Saturday. The […]
By Ray Hamill — Eureka girls soccer coach Andy Salatnay paid tribute to his senior class after Saturday’s title clinching performance at home to Ferndale. Of the five elder statesmen on the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers and St. Bernard’s Crusaders met on the football field for just the second time ever on Saturday night, and this time around there was a […]
A third-quarter rally fell short for the Humboldt State football team on Saturday, as the Jacks lost 36-17 at UT Permian Basin in Texas. The home team jumped out to a 15-0 […]
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Valley Warriors ended a 42-game losing streak to the Ferndale Wildcats three weeks ago. They got an even more impressive win on Saturday. The Warriors traveled […]
The Corsairs turned in their most impressive defensive performance of the season at home to Los Medanos on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn’t enough, as the Redwoods offense failed to break 20 […]
A pair of league champions were crowned in soccer on Saturday, although neither comes as much of a surprise. In girls’ action, Eureka made certain of retaining their league title with an […]