Jeffrey Dubay (born c.1968) was a American radio personality. He was co-host of the PA and Dubay Show on KFAN, a sports talk radio station broadcasting to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Dubay, nicknamed "Puffy", spent 10 years as co-host of the PA and Dubay show on KFAN, which aired weekdays on KFAN from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The show had consistently been KFAN's highest-rated regularly aired program.
He was also a co-host on Vikings Fan Line with former Minnesota Vikings player Mike Morris, and covered Minnesota Gophers hockey games for Fox Sports Net. Dubay is a die-hard Gopher fan and was once temporarily suspended by Fox Sports Net from his hockey television job after ridiculing a referee between periods at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis.
Dubay is also a former employee of the Minnesota Twins. He served as batboy for the team from 1986-1992. Dubay was quoted in a Sports Illustrated column about Kirby Puckett discussing team members cheating on their wives on the road. Because of these comments, his friendship with Puckett and other former Twins was severely damaged[1]
Dubay is a graduate of Brown College. Shortly after his arrest, Dubay's picture was removed from the Brown College Broadcasting Wall of Fame. A couple of days later, his picture was put back on the Wall of Fame with his title as Sports Broadcaster.
On October 15, 2008, Dubay was arrested in Maplewood for felony possession of a controlled substance.[2] The arrest booking documents state the initial charge was, "Felony Possession Controlled Substance [F-NARCOTICS][35]" and further references, "Statute Referenced Drugs - Sale More Than 2 Packages or Greater Than 6 Grams Methamphetamine Precursor Drugs". According to the county jail's website, Dubay was released without being charged, pending further investigation. After the arrest he was placed on leave from KFAN and Gopher Hockey duties on Fox Sports. Later was charged with crack cocaine possession
On October 24, 2008 KFAN terminated Dubay.[3] All references to him on the station's website were subsequently removed.
On January, 12, 2010, he was sentenced to six months in jail for failing to abide by the terms of his probation.[4] According to the court, he failed a number of drug tests.