Legendary Sports Columnist’s Sudden Departure from Washington Post Sparks Industry Speculation

A longtime columnist in The Washington Post’s sports section is off to greener pastures.

According to Ben Mullin of the New York Times, longtime sports columnist Sally Jenkins has accepted a buyout from the Washington Post and will be joining The Atlantic Monthly instead.

“I will so miss the sweat, the adventure, and the unruly carping and bitching that hides our bone-deep devotion to craft, and to this place,” she wrote in a shared farewell email.

“I see the glimmer of a new Washington Post – one that moves. It has to be right-sized, and young trees planeted, but when the clocks all start chiming at the same time, it will be glorious. I believe that you should too. 

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