Pablo Vincente

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@barshoelife Shocked

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

Espn really getting.of good people to pay McAfee and steven a. Terrible

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@jodymacman What's the derby pick?

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@MadDogUnleashed fullofeffort has been scratched. Cox only has 2 now

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@ScooterMagruder He gone

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@JackFritzWIP It's over. Down bad

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@JackFritzWIP Reyes tho

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@JackFritzWIP They stink jack. This is a .500 team

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@JackFritzWIP 😂

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@KFCBarstool waiting OMM on the big story from last night

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@SpikeEskin @EliotShorrParks deserves 👏

[Wesley Steinberg @WesSteinberg]

I’d never fuck an NFL coach for information.

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@SportsRadioWIP Ask dianna

[Game 7 @game7__]

Let's go over Dianna Russini's history.

This story isn't just about what happened with Mike Vrabel.

In 2015, shortly after she joined ESPN, Jessica McCloughan, the wife of Redskins GM Scot McCloughan, publicly accused Russini of having an inappropriate relationship with her husband. The tweets were vulgar and specific. At the time, ESPN defended Russini and called her "an excellent reporter who should never have to be subjected to such vulgar comments."

McCloughan later publicly apologized and called her own comments "unfounded and inappropriate."

Today, the head coach of the New England Patriots was just photographed holding hands with one of the biggest NFL reporters in the country at a luxury resort in Arizona.

Both are married. Both say it was innocent.

Here's why it matters regardless:

Page Six published photos of Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini at the Ambiente Resort in Sedona on March 28. Holding hands. Hugging. Sitting together in a hot tub. Having breakfast on the hotel patio.

Vrabel has been married to Jennifer Vrabel since 1999. They met at Ohio State. Two sons.

Russini has been married to Kevin Goldschmidt, a Shake Shack executive, since 2020.

Vrabel told Page Six: "These photos show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable."

Russini told Page Six: "The photos don't represent the group of six people who were hanging out during the day. Like most journalists in the NFL, reporters interact with sources away from stadiums and other venues."

The Athletic's executive editor backed Russini, calling the photos "misleading and lack essential context."

Even if you take all of that at face value, there's still a problem.

Russini is a senior NFL insider for The Athletic, which is owned by The New York Times. She covers the entire league. Coaching hires, front office moves, player contracts, team transactions. She's been one of the most prominent NFL reporters in the country since joining ESPN in 2015. She left ESPN for The Athletic in August 2023.

Vrabel was hired as the Patriots head coach on January 12, 2025. Before that, he coached the Titans for six seasons from 2018 to 2023 before being fired in January 2024. Won NFL Coach of the Year in 2021. Made the AFC Championship Game in 2019. Three-time Super Bowl champion as a player with the Patriots.

A reporter who covers the NFL was photographed holding hands with a head coach at a luxury resort. That's a conflict of interest question. Not a gossip question. A journalism question.

The 2015 allegation was retracted by the person who made it. That matters. But it also exists on the public record, and it resurfaced the moment the Vrabel photos hit the internet today.

The question isn't what happened in Sedona. Only the people who were there know that. The question is whether a reporter can objectively cover a league that includes a head coach she was photographed vacationing with. That question doesn't require proof of a relationship. It only requires the appearance of one.

Both are married. Both say it was innocent. The photos are public. And the NFL world is watching.

[DNP Sports @notthefakeDNP]

Dianna Russini was daring Mike Vrabel to say, “making love to you in your hotel room this morning.”

[New York Post @nypost]

New England Patriots’ Mike Vrabel and top NY Times NFL reporter Dianna Russini hold hands and hug at luxury hotel https://t.co/kgk6uoumOU

[FearBuck @FearedBuck]

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and New York Times NFL reporter Dianna Russini were seen holding hands, hugging, and spending time together at a luxury hotel in Sedona, Arizona.

Both are married.

Mike Vrabel has been married to Jen Vrabel since 1999.

Dianna Russini has been married to Kevin Goldschmidt, a Shake Shack executive, since 2020.

“Our spy spotted Vrabel and Russini again that evening on the private rooftop of one of the hotel’s bungalows, which feature glass walls offering panoramic views of the state’s famed Red Rock formations… Both Russini and Vrabel insist they were there with friends and say they simply weren’t visible in the pictures… But other eyewitnesses told us (Page Six) that they did not see anyone else with Vrabel and Russini”

(via: Page Six)

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@ToddZolecki That was posted before Degrom news. I wonder if it changes

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@6abcadamjoseph Why?

[Pablo Vincente @saguaro75]

@ZachGelb Yep. It's still a great radio show.