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.
A senior and some freshmen helped the Crusaders to a winning start to the 2026 high school baseball season on Wednesday. St. Bernard’s opened the new campaign at Modoc and won 10-0, […]
Four of the nine H-DNL schools that competed in winter sports have been singled out for the sportsmanship they displayed over the past three months. This week, the league congratulated the four […]
College of the Redwoods head coach Micaela Harris says one of the things she likes most about freshman Grace Turgeon is her competitive nature. And that competitiveness was on full display last […]
The McKinleyville Panthers continued their preparation for the Big 5 schedule with a non-conference win on Tuesday. The Panthers welcomed South Fork to Mack High and won 9-2. With the win, they […]
Several local players enjoyed their return to the North Coast over there weekend, as Shasta College baseball swept a three-game conference series against College of the Redwoods. Six former H-DNL players feature […]
The Ferndale Wildcats got a nice early-season boost with a big win over one of their biggest rivals in baseball on Monday. The Cats welcomed neighbors Fortuna to Ferndale High and won […]
The Panthers began the new softball season with a pair of close games over the weekend. McKinleyville opened with a 9-8 loss to East Nicolaus on Friday, before edging Arroyo 2-0 the […]
By Ray Hamill — Sunday night’s NCAA Division-II selection show brought some good news and some bad news for Cal Poly Humboldt basketball. The Humboldt men have qualified, receiving the No. 8 […]
The Pioneers are 30-0 for a reason. On Saturday night, the Cal State East Bay men’s basketball team ended Cal Poly Humboldt’s pursuit of a CCAA Tournament championship with an 80-63 win […]
For the second time in a week, the Ferndale Wildcats had to travel to the Bay Area for a playoff game against Cornerstone Christian, and for the second time in a week […]
After opening the new baseball season with a pair of wins over Red Bluff and Hamilton at the Foothill tournament on Friday, McKinleyville High continued to roll with a 12-4 win over […]
A pair of Big 5 rivals faced off in an early-season non-conference doubleheader at Washington Field in Eureka on Saturday afternoon, when the Loggers hosted defending conference champs Del Norte in a […]
By Ray Hamill — After limited time on the practice field for the last month because of the weather, the Hoopa Warriors will officially begin a new era with a busy few […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats feature prominently in our weekly awards after a big week for the school’s girls basketball team. The Wildcats responded well to last weekend’s North Coast […]
The defending Little 4 champs got the new softball season off to a winning start on Friday. The South Fork Cubs hosted Arcata and won a high-scoring showdown 12-10. The home team […]
The McKinleyville bats came out swinging on Friday, as the Panthers opened the new baseball season with a pair of wins at the Foothill tournament. McKinleyville started with a 9-5 win over […]
By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. For the second time in a week, Ferndale and Cornerstone Christian will face off in a girls basketball playoff game in Antioch on Saturday […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt men’s basketball team will play for a CCAA Tournament championship on Saturday night after a thrilling win on Friday. The Jacks faced off against Cal State Dominguez Hills […]
By Ray Hamill — It wasn’t just the team success that made it a season to remember for the St. Bernard’s JVs girls basketball team. First-year head coach Sejay Sarti and her […]
It was a disappointing day for the Cal Poly Humboldt women’s basketball team at the CCAA Tournament in Pomona on Friday. After receiving the No. 2 seed for the postseason tournament and […]
