Sally Jenkins on the Washington Post, her move to The Atlantic and what comes next

If you read this newsletter regularly, you’ll know that I’ve written time and time again that Sally Jenkins is the best sports columnist in the country.

For three decades, Jenkins – the daughter of famed sportswriter Dan Jenkins — wrote columns for The Washington Post. She was fearless, unafraid to take on any athlete, team, league or owner. But she just didn’t swing a machete or fire off hot takes. She also filled the pages of the Post with columns that were smart, poignant, thought-provoking, nuanced and touching.

But this past summer, she stunned the journalism community by announcing she was leaving the Post to join The Atlantic.