Reporter Quits NYT Sports Outlet After Getting Caught with NFL Coach – Her Resignation Letter Is Making Things Worse

She could have stepped aside quietly. At least that would have signaled contrition and perhaps even some newfound humility.

Instead, she chose defiance, deflection, and self-promotion.

Tuesday on the social media platform X, married NFL reporter Dianna Russini, recently embroiled in an apparent infidelity scandal involving New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, posted a tone-deaf letter announcing her resignation from The Athletic, the sports journalism wing of The New York Times, prompting backlash from X users who blasted her for failing to take ownership of her mistakes.

“I have come to this decision with deep sadness but with clarity about what is right for me, my family, and the work I have spent my career building,” Russini wrote in a resignation letter to Executive Editor Steven Ginsberg of The Athletic.

Indeed, Russini and her career constituted the letter’s main theme.

“You and I have already publicly addressed the recent