{"id":596473,"date":"2026-04-11T06:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/596473\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:37:11","slug":"dianna-russini-wont-be-reporting-amid-review-of-nfl-coverage-after-photos-with-patriots-coach-mike-vrabel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/596473\/","title":{"rendered":"Dianna Russini won’t be reporting amid review of NFL coverage after photos with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dianna Russini, an NFL journalist for The Athletic, won\u2019t be reporting while the sports outlet reviews her coverage after photos of her with Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel were published<\/a>, a source at The Athletic familiar with the matter said Friday.<\/p>\n

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“An initial review suggested the images provided lacked context, specifically the presence of a larger group of friends,” the source said. New details from the report “and information from the investigation raised additional concerns that are now being further reviewed.”<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing, the source said. <\/p>\n

The New York Post\u2019s Page Six first reported Friday<\/a> that Russini would not be reporting while a review was underway.<\/p>\n

The New York Times and The Athletic declined to comment Friday.<\/p>\n

Russini previously has said the photos published Tuesday by the New York Post<\/a> were taken out of context, and the executive editor of The Athletic, which is owned by The New York Times, initially supported her account. <\/p>\n

The photos of the pair were taken at a hotel in Sedona, Arizona, and show them together poolside, in a hot tub and on a rooftop deck at the Ambiente luxury hotel.<\/p>\n

Russini said after the photos were published that many sports reporters interact with sources outside sports events or work venues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe photos don\u2019t represent the group of six people who were hanging out during the day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Vrabel denied any allegation of impropriety in a statement to Page Six. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese photos show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable,\u201d he said to the outlet. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t deserve any further response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russini and Vrabel are both married to other people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dianna Russini, an NFL journalist for The Athletic, won\u2019t be reporting while the sports outlet reviews her coverage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-596473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}