News: legendary Washington Post sports columnist @sallyjenx.bsky.social is leaving The Post.
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Maybe a good time to start using alt text like disabled people are allowed to follow the news?
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With the departure of a legend such as Sally Jenkins the Jeff Bezos bonfire has left nothing but ashes in its wake.
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One more departure that makes me glad I dropped my subscription. I was an online subscriber for quite awhile. I miss the reporting, but those reporters and columnists are gone. I don't miss Hugh Hewitt and a few others, but most of them, I do.
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Her dad is smiling down from, well, somewhere, I guess, as his wordsmith genes have evidently been fully passed down.
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I wish I knew you. I would hope to be friends with you.
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I’ve missed her writing since I canceled. Can’t wait to see her work in The Atlantic!
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After a couple days' thought, I have to say the smarm and bullshit on this is, uh, chest high. Credit yourself for bringing young women into the sports section, and then abandon them to the techno-fascists, while taking a victory lap AND licking Bezos' boots? Literary pursuits indeed.
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I don't do sports, don't know Sally Jenkins, but what a wonderful, wonderful farewell. I know her a little now.
Thanks so much for sharing it. Hearing the voice of a strong, caring, hilarious, connected writer is a precious experience. Especially these days.
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Wow.
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Whiskey and fried pickles in Mississippi in the aftermath of a hurricane 🌀 is highly underrated.
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I'm not sure there is anyone whose writing I enjoy more than Sally Jenkins.
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She sure can write.
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I can vouch for the fried pickles with Makers Mark. Yum!
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Wow. Never heard of her before just now, but that is some seriously good writing.
Thanks for passing it along.
@sallyjenx.bsky.social: sorry @washingtonpost.com became untenable. Looking forward to your next work. And to repeat, great exit note.
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One of the greatest Post Sports beat writers ever.
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Always such an incredible writer.
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Her Dad was a legend, too.
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Wait until she finds out about her new bosses at The Times
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She's much more optimistic about the future of that paper than I am.
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Sally is simply extraordinary. Enjoyed my conversations with her without exception. Smart, relentlessly honest, a person of impeccable integrity. I wish her great happiness in her new role. (And thanks for mentioning my son-in-law who I know also thinks she’s terrific.)
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Sally is a gem. So this is just one more reason to never read the Post again, and why I’m glad I cancelled my subscription when Bezos took it over.
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Brava. I read her columns for years, right up until I canceled my WaPo subscription when they kissed the ring. Looking forward to reading her work again.
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Wishing @sallyjenx.bsky.social all the best!
Thanks for making my sports fan experience better over the years!
I had a Wapo subscription since the early 80s up until 2024. Kornheiser and Wilbon are still my fav sports writers, but I've really enjoyed her columns a TON over the past two decades+.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4qafzorspyjuul7qe372efld
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This is beautiful.
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Incredible note. Details, quotes, tightly written — a lede that captures you. She is one of a kind. And she captured perfectly what keeps so many reporters in the newsroom.
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This is almost impossible to read on mobile. Begging reporters to please use Alt text for accessibility.
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This is rich.
She blocked me a couple of months ago when I noted that Post employees had free will and could leave if they didn’t believe in what Bezos was doing.
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And The Atlantic scores another of the best from the flailing and failing WaPo.
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I am happy for her that she will write for the Atlantic. It will allow her to continue to write incredibly thoughtful columns/stories about all aspects of sports - political, government or life events that impact sports or are impacted by sports. She is one of a kind & her departure will be felt.
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Fuck Bezos
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but did she have some shots again, to see a glorious new washington post?
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Written with warmth, elegance, and an eye for telling detail. You would expect nothing less from the incomparable Sally Jenkins.
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I’m old enough to remember “It’s not about the bike”.
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The Post to The Atlantic well-worn path reminds me of how the KC Athletics were the AAA prociders for the NY Yankees in the late 50s and early 60s
