Sally Jenkins is an American sports columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post, and a renowned author. She was previously a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. 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.

She is the author of a dozen books and is particularly noted for her insightful writings on Pat Summitt, Joe Paterno, Lance Armstrong, and the United States Center for SafeSport.