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 t
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How do you win more college basketball games than anyone else? By taking breaks.

Stanford women’s basketball coach is on the verge of breaking the career victories record.

January 19, 2024

Eagles’ collapse concludes with listless playoff loss to Buccaneers

The Buccaneers rolled to a 32-9 win over the Eagles to wrap wild-card weekend. The Bills topped the Steelers, 31-17, in the first half of Monday’s doubleheader.

January 15, 2024

Smart NFL owners should be lining up to hire Bill Belichick

One man has prevailed over the NFL’s peculiar instabilities better than any in modern league history, and he is now a free agent.

January 11, 2024

College Football Playoff highlights: Michigan beats Washington to claim national title

The top-ranked Wolverines claimed their first national title since 1997 with Monday night’s win over the No. 2 Huskies in Houston.

January 8, 2024

NFL owners have their own conduct policy: Almost anything goes

David Tepper’s offense against an NFL ticket buyer was met with a trivial fine, but the effect of it is not trivial at all.

January 3, 2024

Sandra Day O’Connor, cowgirl and intellectual, would not be fenced in

Sandra Day O’Connor’s vigorous brilliance came in part from the great outdoors.

December 18, 2023

The officials weren’t wrong as the Chiefs raged, but does anyone want this?

An offensive offside infraction left Kansas City seeing red. It wasn’t the wrong call, but the inconsistency of NFL officiating remains problematic.

December 11, 2023

Beneath Kim Mulkey’s image is a serious coach with a deft touch

Mulkey was expected to preside over a team implosion or maybe a melodrama this past week. Instead, she turned the tables on the whole country again.

December 2, 2023

For Commanders, further coaching change is a cost/benefit situation

Given the uncertainty and instability around the organization, determining the true value of more disruption on the Commanders’ coaching staff will require plenty of nuance.

November 25, 2023

Texas A&M football will pay any price, but winning can’t be bought

Money changes everything, except the Aggies’ futile quest for championship football.

November 15, 2023