About this episode

Sally Jenkins discusses current issues in the sports world, including gambling controversies and the future of the WNBA.

Sally Jenkins, longtime Washington Post sports columnist now writing for The Atlantic, breaks down what’s happening across the sports world today. She talks about gambling controversies, locker room culture, baseball's resurgence and where the WNBA is headed next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Jones

Guest: Sally Jenkins

Topics covered

• sports
• gambling controversies
• locker room culture
• baseball
• WNBA

Keywords

• sports
• Sally Jenkins
• gambling
• locker room culture
• WNBA
• baseball
• controversy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post, The Atlantic

Places: WNBA

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