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 Huskies suffered their second straight loss in football with a disappointing performance at University Prep on Friday night. The Huskies were unable to bounce back from last week’s Milk Can […]
The Arcata and Fortuna girls both won non-conference matchups on Saturday, while another scheduled H-DNL game was canceled. Senior Sionna Khattab scored both goals for the Tigers in a 2-0 win over […]
The Eureka Loggers got back to wining ways in boys soccer with a 2-1 win at South Fork on Friday evening. Just three days after a tough loss to Arcata, the Eureka […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors are beginning to find their rhythm. On Friday night, they traveled to McKinleyville and came away with a 55-0 win, improving to 3-2 on […]
MMA action returned to the North Coast for the first time in over a year last weekend with a sold-out Hard Fought Championships at the Blue Lake Casino Hotel. And, according to […]
By Ray Hamill — This weekend will be a relatively quiet one for local football with four of the nine H-DNL varsity teams on a bye. With the Little 4 set to […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a memorable week for a couple of local teams and a couple of local football players. The Ferndale Wildcats turned some heads around the H-DNL with […]
The Del Norte Warriors continued their impressive run in Big 5 volleyball with their 19th straight conference win on Thursday night. The two-time defending champions brought a lot of energy to the […]
The Hoopa Warriors and St. Bernard’s Crusaders moved into a tie for top spot in the Little 5 standings with straight-set victories on Thursday night. The Crusaders hosted Northcoast Prep and won […]
By Ray Hamill — Are the two best teams in the H-DNL this year both from the Little 4? We’ll know more after this weekend, when the Ferndale Wildcats follow their thrilling […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a good year so far for the Big 4 JV football teams. All four of the conference teams won their games last weekend and all four […]
The Del Norte girls soccer team took over sole possession of top spot in the Little 4 standings with a second win in two conference games at Ferndale on Wednesday. Im a […]
A young South Fork girls soccer team enjoyed a breakthrough win over St. Bernard’s in girls soccer on Wednesday, holding on for a 2-1 victory. Longtime South Fork head coach Ann Constantino […]
Fortuna head coach Arnulfo Aguirre believes the race for this year’s Big 4 championship in girls soccer will be a close one, with all four teams in contention. And Wednesday’s result in […]
By Ray Hamill — Both defenses turned in strong performances for a pair of shorthanded teams on Wednesday, as the Eureka Loggers edged McKinleyville 1-0 in a Big 4 girls soccer game […]
By Ray Hamill — After barely missing out on the North Coast Section playoffs a year ago, the Hoopa Warriors are hoping to get there this fall. Especially with a senior-heavy roster […]
The Fortuna Huskies did a nice job rebounding from a tough loss in Crescent City last week with a victory over McKinleyville in an exciting H-DNL boys soccer game on Tuesday. It […]
The Eureka girls moved into an early tie for second in the Big 5 standings with a four-sets win in volleyball at McKinleyville on Tuesday night. After being tested early in the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Cal Poly Humboldt men’s rugby team is extending an invitation to local sports fans to check out this year’s team in its season opener at the Redwood […]
Arcata High graduate Brycen Collinson was one of the big stories of the weekend for the Corsairs, as the College of the Redwoods men’s wrestling team kicked off the new season. Head […]
