Jay Weiner

"A More Dangerous Game: How a Young Sportswriter Met Patty Hearst and Landed in Federal Prison" is Jay Weiner's fourth book, all published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Jay spent over 30 years in daily journalism, focusing on off-the-field sports issues—particularly the public financing of sports facilities—and the Olympics. In the final years of his journalism career, Jay shifted his focus to political reporting.

In 2011, he became the speechwriter to then-University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler. After a seven-year stint at the ‘U,’ Weiner moved to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where he managed content for the Bank’s website.

A native of Philadelphia, Weiner attended Oberlin College, where he studied under sports activist Jack Scott, who is a central figure in "A More Dangerous Game." Jay graduated from Temple University in 1975.