Bruce Jenkins
Sports Columnist
The Chronicle
About this Author
Bruce Jenkins has written for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1973 and has been a sports columnist since 1989. He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships.
He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
Awards & Recognition
Jenkins was nominated twice by The Chronicle for the Pulitzer Prize: In 1992, for his work at the Barcelona Olympics, and in 2002, for baseball writing. He was named one of the nation’s top 10 columnists in the Associated Press Sports Editors awards, newspapers with circulation over 250,000, 1999; honored for best column nationally by the U.S. Basketball Writers (1996) and the U.S. Tennis Writers (1998, 2004) associations; and honored by the U.S. Tennis Writers for best game story in 2001, 2003 and 2005. He has also won national awards for baseball and football writing.
By This Author
Bay Bridge series: Struggling Giants vs. high-flying A’s
August 23, 2019
What’s in a nickname? Baseball has the answer
August 22, 2019
A’s win; are they in the Yankees’ league?
August 20, 2019
A’s win, and it’s starting to get interesting in the West
August 17, 2019
DeMarcus Cousins’ latest injury: How much can one man take?
August 16, 2019
The Giants’ stability has moved across the bay
August 14, 2019
Power and pitching: Like old times for the Giants
August 10, 2019
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