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New England Patriots caput coach Mike Vrabel addressed caller photos that show him and New York Times and The Athletic NFL newsman Dianna Russini successful bathing suits by a pool.
The photos, originally published by nan New York Post's Page Six, besides show nan coach and journalist holding hands and hugging connected nan tile of a edifice bungalow successful Sedona, Arizona.
"These photos show a wholly guiltless relationship and immoderate proposal different is laughable," Vrabel told nan Post. "This doesn’t merit immoderate further response."
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New England Patriots caput coach Mike Vrabel celebrates pinch members of his squad aft a touchdown during nan 2nd half of nan NFL Super Bowl LX shot crippled against nan Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, successful Santa Clara, California. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
Russini has besides responded.
"The photos don’t correspond nan group of six group who were hanging retired during nan day. Like astir journalists successful nan NFL, reporters interact pinch sources distant from stadiums and different venues." Russini said.
The Athletic provided its ain connection to nan outlet.
"These photos are misleading and deficiency basal context," Steven Ginsberg, executive editor of The Athletic, said. "These were nationalist interactions successful beforehand of galore people. Dianna is simply a premier journalist covering nan NFL and we’re proud to person her astatine The Athletic."
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New England Patriots caput coach Mike Vrabel watches during nan first half of nan AFC Championship NFL shot crippled against nan Denver Broncos, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, successful Denver. (David Zalubowski/AP)
Vrabel is coming disconnected a play successful which he led nan Patriots to nan Super Bowl and won NFL Coach of nan Year.
Vrabel won nan grant complete his force connected Sunday successful Super Bowl LX, Seattle Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald, San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan, Jacksonville Jaguars’ Liam Coen and Chicago Bears’ Ben Johnson.
It was nan 2nd clip successful Vrabel’s coaching profession that he has won nan award. He received 19 of nan 50 first-place votes and had a full of 302 points.
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New England Patriots caput coach Mike Vrabel speaks astatine a news convention aft an NFL wild-card playoff shot crippled successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (Charles Krupa/AP)
Vrabel first won nan grant while starring nan Tennessee Titans successful 2021.
Vrabel is nan seventh coach to ever triumph Coach of nan Year for aggregate franchises, joining Chuck Knox, Bill Parcells, Bruce Arians, Dan Reeves, Don Shula and George Allen.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports newsman for Fox News Digital covering captious governmental and taste issues successful sports, pinch an investigative lens. Jackson's reporting has been cited successful national authorities actions related to nan enforcement of Title IX, and successful bequest media outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and ESPN.com.
