The New York Times, which owns The Athletic, published a scathing report on their former NFL insider Wednesday morning, to the tune of 5,000 words.The novel included several eyebrow-raising items, including Russini's reported salary at The Athletic ($800,000), a tense back and forth between Russini and the writers of the story (her former co-workers), and an ESPN source telling the Times that Russini and Vrabel were operating "very flagrantly."No clue what that means, but it doesn't sound great!NEW RUSSINI-VRABEL PHOTOS RAISE ESPN CONFLICT QUESTIONS BUT THE NETWORK WON'T ANSWER THEMDianna Russini appears on the red carpet prior to the NFL Honors awards presentation at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb.10, 2022.
(Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)Anyway, one of the juicier nuggets from the report centered around Russini getting pulled over earlier this year.According to the Times, she tried to get out of the ticket by FaceTiming the officer's favorite NFL team's head coach.It worked."Do you want to talk to the coach? You should talk to the coach," Russini asked the officer, according to The Times.Russini essentially verified the story earlier this year during an appearance on the "Stugotz and Company" podcast.Take a look:"I FaceTime the head coach," she said.
"Head coach is in his office.He said, ‘What’s up?’ I go, ‘I just got pulled over and I just wanted you to meet my friend, Officer Joe.’ What a nasty play.
But it worked."Lordy.This Dianna Russini is a piece of work.
Perhaps we should've seen this coming, though.She was saying this kind of stuff on podcasts MONTHS AGO.
I've seen some shady clips that date back years.And we all just glossed over them, or fake-laughed like the podcast crew in the above clip.In hindsight, Russini had been dropping hints for years.HOW THE MIKE VRABEL-DIANNA RUSSINI SCANDAL COULD DERAIL THE PATRIOTS' SEASON ON THE FIELDDianna Russini attends the "A Lifetime Of Sundays" screening at The Paley Center for Media in N...