Sally Jenkins was previously a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.
16 Facts About Sally Jenkins
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Sally Jenkins 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.
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Sally Jenkins was born in Fort Worth, Texas, She is the daughter of Hall of Fame sportswriter Dan Sally Jenkins, who once wrote for Sports Illustrated.
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Sally Jenkins is a 1982 graduate of Stanford University, with a degree in English literature.
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Sally Jenkins is a sports columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post.
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Sally Jenkins was previously a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.
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Sally Jenkins was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize.
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Sally Jenkins is the author of twelve books, four of which were New York Times bestsellers, including the number 1 bestseller Sum It Up: 1098 Victories, A Couple of Irrelevant Losses and A Life In Perspective, written with legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt, and It's Not About the Bike written with bicycle racer Lance Armstrong.
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Sally Jenkins's work has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, GQ, and Sports Illustrated, and Jenkins has been a correspondent on CNBC, as well as on NPR's All Things Considered.
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In January 2012, Sally Jenkins secured an interview with Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno shortly before his death.
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Sally Jenkins co-wrote two best-selling autobiographies with cyclist Lance Armstrong, and defended Armstrong even after he admitted to doping and taking banned performance-enhancing substances while vehemently lying that he had done so, and was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
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In October 2022, Sally Jenkins wrote a column in the Washington Post about the United States Center for SafeSport.
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Sally Jenkins received the National Press Foundation's chairman citation in 2017.
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In 2005 Sally Jenkins became the first woman inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame.
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Sally Jenkins was inducted into the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Sally Jenkins was named the 2021 Red Smith Award winner.