Sally Jenkins | |
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Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | October 11, 1960
Occupation | author, sports columnist, and feature writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University (BA)[1] |
Subject | sports |
Notable awards | |
Relatives | Dan Jenkins (father) |
Sally Jenkins (born October 11, 1960) is an American sports columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post, and author. She was previously a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. She has won the AP Sports Columnist of the Year Award five times, received the National Press Foundation 2017 chairman citation, and was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of a dozen books. Jenkins is noted for her writing on Pat Summitt, Joe Paterno, Lance Armstrong, and the United States Center for SafeSport.