Sally Jenkins

Washington, D.C.

Sports columnist Education: Stanford University, B.A. English Literature Sally Jenkins began her second stint at The Washington Post in 2000 after spending the previous decade working as a book author and as a magazine writer. She was named the nation’s top sports columnist in 2001, 2003, 2010 and 2011 by the Associated Press Sports Editors. In 2013, she won a first-place award from the AP for an investigative series co-written with Rick Maese on medical care in the NFL, titled “Do No Harm.” Jenkins is the author of 12 books, four of which were New York Times bestsellers, most recently the No.1 “Sum It Up” with legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt. She is also the author of “The Real All Americans,” the historical account of how the Carlisle Indian School took on the Ivy League powers in college football at the turn of the century and won. Her work has been featured in Smithsonian, GQ and Sports Illustrated. A native of Texas, Jenkins graduated from Stanford and lives in Sag Harbor, New York. Honors & Awards:

2017 National Press Foundation Chairman's Citation
2017 Best Sports Stories
2013 First Place, Associated Press Sports Editors for Investigative Series
2011 Sports Columnist of the Year, Society of Professional Journalists
2011 First Place, Associated Press Sports Editors, Columns
2010 First Place, Associated Press Sports Editors, Columns
2008 Sports Columnist of the Year, Society of Professional Journalists
2007 Best Sports Stories
2005 Inducted National Sports Writers and Sportscasters Hall of Fame (first woman)
2003 First Place, Associated Press Sports Editors, Columns
2001 First Place, Associated Press Sports Editors, Columns
2001 Sports Columnist of the year, Society of Professional Journalists

Latest from Sally Jenkins

NFL
Perspective

NFL owners love to extol the Rooney Rule — and then hire White guys

In a results-first league, Eric Bieniemy hasn’t landed a head coaching gig. Wonder why.

Jan 20, 2021

NFL
Perspective

Trump offered Bill Belichick an honor. Duty compelled him to refuse.

The New England Patriots coach understands what his attendance at a White House ceremony would have meant in this climate and context.

Jan 12, 2021

Sports
Perspective

Athletes know what rioters don’t: Real power is discipline, not unchecked rage

Those who want to build up exercise a discipline that those who only tear down don't.

Jan 8, 2021

Sports
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Without Frank Reich, the Eagles are in the dumpster. With him, the Colts are in the playoffs.

Frank Reich, the Indianapolis coach, doesn't need the spotlight. In fact, he would prefer it land on someone else.

Jan 5, 2021

NFL
Perspective

Tom Brady’s move to Tampa Bay could have looked desperate. Instead it has proved defining.

Don’t let the quarterback’s sustained greatness obscure his short-term feat with the Bucs.

Dec 29, 2020

Washington NFL
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Quarterbacks must be the NFL’s adults, and Dwayne Haskins is acting like a child

Haskins has been unmasked as an immature work-in-progress, not fit to be an NFL quarterback.

Dec 22, 2020

Major League Baseball
Perspective

Native American sports mascots turned real people into flimsy props. Good riddance to them all.

Changing the Cleveland Indians' name isn't about cancel culture or political correctness. It's about respect.

Dec 15, 2020

Washington NFL
Perspective

Washington Football’s only path to genuine integrity is without Daniel Snyder

The owner promised full cooperation with NFL investigators, and now they're on opposite sides of a legal dispute.

Dec 8, 2020

NFL
Perspective

The thoughtless husks who plunged this NFL season into chaos deserve a public shaming

Perhaps loud public shaming might at least prompt the unthinking to pause long enough for folks to run in the other direction.

Dec 2, 2020

Sports
Perspective

As the waves crash around us, learn from one of the greatest riders on the planet

Nature demands we learn to evaluate risk. Laird Hamilton has devoted a lifetime to it.

Nov 25, 2020