HeyJaredRob Gray's Area
Musings and observations on sports, gardening, travel — and anything else I care to write about.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 16, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 15, 2026
Latest issues
THIS WEEK IN CYCLONE SPORTS (Post Cy-Hawk edition) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
AMES — The topic of discussion shifted to so-called “gimme games” and Iowa State head football coach Jimmy Rogers shared his deep disdain for the term.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1200" src="https://substackcdn.com/im
THIS WEEK IN CYCLONE SPORTS (LATE FALL CAMP EDITION) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
AMES — It’s been a long summer. My dad had a career accident. A subsequent MRI showed a cancerous mass near his liver. It’s inoperable and chemo is out. He’s going to be — yes, going to be — 88-years-old a week from today, and he’s getting stronger every day after a nearly two-week bed-ridden hospital stay. So I’m grateful even as I anticipate the inevitable. My sister asked his doctor for a timeline. He paused, then provided one. “Three to six months,” he said. I feel like that’s a rote (and re
THIS WEEK IN CYCLONE SPORTS (POST-FAMILY HEALTH CRISIS EDITION) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
AMES (Mary Greeley) and DES MOINES (Iowa Lutheran) — I froze up as my dad seemed to be crashing out.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TuoG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre
(LAST) WEEK IN CYCLONE SPORTS, FAMILY HEALTH CRISIS EDITION (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I don’t ever want to write about my 87-year-old dad’s death. But we all lose our loved ones eventually. My dad, Henry, who taught in the Ames Community School District for more than three decades, has cancer. He’s a better, kinder and more generous man than I’ve ever been — and is currently hospitalized in Des Moines while trying to beat a severe infection. Eventually I will have to write about losing him, mom, and others. I simply hope he can recover from this immediate health crisis and we can
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.