By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors will try to rebound from last weekend’s lopsided loss at Fortuna when they host a struggling Trinity team in Crescent City on Friday 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 Del Norte Warriors will try to rebound from last weekend’s lopsided loss at Fortuna when they host a struggling Trinity team in Crescent City on Friday night, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers will look to continue what has been a stellar season so far when they welcome Livermore High to Albee Stadium for a rare Saturday night […]
By Ray Hamill — The Lost Boys of Arcata are gearing up for a busy few weeks in the octagon, with several upcoming fights, involving several different fighters. Most notably Louis Cosce […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers took another big step toward retaining their league title in girls soccer on Wednesday evening, running out to a 4-2 win over visiting Fortuna at […]
Audrey Shelton turned in a player of the game performance on Wednesday, to lead the Arcata girls to a big 7-0 win over visiting Del Norte in Humboldt-Del Norte League soccer action. […]
By Ray Hamill – Arcata’s Cass Bell arrived in San Jose on Wednesday evening ahead of his big fight at Bellator 206 on Saturday. Bell, who trains out of the Institute of […]
By Ray Hamill — This weekend, the Humboldt State men’s rugby team will celebrate its past as it looks to the future. The Jacks will officially kick off their 45th season as […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt State football came into the 2018 season with an all-time record of 402-395-21. In their 90th and final campaign, all the Jacks need to do to ensure […]
By Ray Hamill — Halfway through their Big 5 volleyball schedule, the Eureka girls have established themselves as the team to beat this year. On Tuesday night, the Loggers ran out to […]
The Tigers maintained their perfect start to the girls tennis season, defeating St. Bernard’s 6-0 at Arcata High on Tuesday. At No. 1 singles, freshman Aimee Reiner defeated St. Bernard’s senior Tenaya […]
College of the Redwoods split a soccer doubleheader at home to Feather River on Tuesday, with the women winning 4-1 and the men falling 6-2. The Redwoods women continued their impressive start […]
The Humboldt-Del Norte League cross country season continues this week, with the second meet of the campaign hosted by Arcata High on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The Arcata girls are the overwhelming […]
The McKinleyville duo of Molly Citro and Phoebe Sundberg continued their season-long battle on the golf course on Monday, with another one-two finish. The fourth Humboldt-Del Norte League meet of the season […]
Both Olivia Stone and Joey Pontes turned in impressive performances for their respective teams last week, as they have been doing all season. And that gets them the nod for the first […]
By Ray Hamill — The weekend in prep football had a little bit of everything it seems. Two of the nine local teams suffered their first loss of the season, while three […]
By Ray Hamill — The long goodbye looks as if it will be a painful one in more ways than one for Humboldt State football fans. Three games into their final season […]
The Corsairs answered the call on Saturday. One week after getting blown out against Hartnell, College of the Redwoods responded in the best fashion possible, beating Contra Costa 44-13 at Community Stadium. […]
Mistakes proved costly for St. Bernard’s at Marin Catholic on Saturday afternoon, as the Crusaders fell 47-14 to the Wildcats. The visitors turned the ball over three times in the first half […]
The two frontrunners in the Humboldt-Del Norte League each won in boys soccer on Saturday. The Fortuna Huskies, who are unbeaten in league play and atop the standings, scored four times in […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka center backs took center stage at both ends of the field on Saturday, as the Loggers took a major step on the road toward retaining their […]