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.
The Fortuna and Del Norte boys will try to bounce back from tournament-opening defeats on Friday. The Huskies played the late game at the Arcata Boys Invitational Tournament and fell 64-50 to […]
The Eureka Loggers continued their impressive early-season form with a tournament-opening win at the Windsor tournament on Thursday. The Loggers beat Branson 52-38 for their fourth straight win and improved to 6-1 […]
The Eureka Loggers overcame a slow start to the game and a 15-point first-half deficit on their way to winning their tournament opener at the Arcata Invitational Boys Tournament on Thursday. The […]
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods basketball and North Coast fans are getting some respect from some of the top programs in the state. This weekend, the CR men will […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna to College of the Redwoods connection is alive and well. Huskies senior Kalie Chittenden recently became the latest athlete from The Friendly City to commit her […]
The Fortuna girls bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a victory over Marin Academy on Wednesday night. After losing to Weed in the championship game of the Colusa […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a great season for College of the Redwoods standout Dakota Sanders and he’s not done yet. This past weekend, the former Arcata Tiger placed third at […]
The Ferndale girls have been playing without one of their best players early in the new basketball season, but that hasn’t slowed them down much. On Tuesday night, the Wildcats stretched their […]
The Del Norte boys got the new wrestling season off to a strong start at the weekend Battle at the Border in Crescent City, with McKinleyville and Fortuna also impressing at the […]
By Ray Hamill — The hard work in the offseason is paying off for the Hoopa Warriors early in the new campaign. Last weekend, the Warriors finished 2-1 at the Durham tournament, […]
Just a few days after she was named to the all-tournament team at the Peyo Classic, Arcata junior Mae Wolford continued to impress in a girls basketball game at Hoopa on Tuesday […]
The McKinleyville Panthers traveled to Shasta for their first road game of the new boys basketball season and overcame a slow start on their way to their fifth victory in five games. […]
By Ray Hamill — Less than a week after they faced off in the championship game at the McKinleyville tournament, Big 5 rivals Arcata and McKinleyville could play each other again in […]
By Ray Hamill — It hasn’t taken long for new College of the Sequoias women’s basketball head coach Tyler Newton to work his magic at College of the Sequoias, and former Eureka […]
By Ray Hamill — Things didn’t go quite as planned for the Fortuna boys basketball team at the weekend Harlan Carter tournament in Redding, but playing some tough competition should only help […]
Cal Poly Humboldt wrestler Jayson Victoria has been named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Men’s Wrestler of the Week for his standout performances in Oregon this past Friday and Saturday. On […]
If their season opener is any indication, the Fortuna girls wrestling team appears ready to make some noise on the mats this winter. On Saturday, the Huskies traveled to Crescent City to […]
The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team ended a disappointing weekend on a high note with a 98-59 win over Simpson JV at the Coach Tregs Classic on Sunday. The Corsairs […]
Cole Armstrong and Bode Douglass were named co-MVPs of the McKinleyville boys basketball tournament over the weekend, after leading the host Panthers to a championship game win over rival Arcata. After both […]
The Arcata Tigers played three close games at the weekend Peyo Classic at Miramonte High School, and closed out tournament play 1-2. After opening with a 45-40 win over Heritage, the Arcata […]
