Dianna Russini out of job 5 months after 'pissing off' Steve Sarkisian

NFL reporter Dianna Russini has resigned from her position at The Athletic, one week after pictures of her with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a posh Arizona resort were published by the New York Post . Russini is famous with Longhorns fans after drawing the most angry response to a story from Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian of his career. The photos, published by The Post on April 7, show Vrabel and Russini in bathing suits poolside hugging on a rooftop at the Ambiente in Sedona, Arizona.

The NFL's annual league meetings were a few days later in Phoenix. Both Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43, are married to other people with whom they have children. "These photos show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable," Vrabel told the Post , which published the photos, in a statement last week.

This doesn’t deserve any further response. " After the photos came out, the Athletic backed Russini initially. The Athletic's executive editor, Steven Ginsberg "These photos are misleading and lack essential context," Ginsberg said at the time.

"These were public interactions in front of many people. Dianna is a premier journalist covering the NFL and we’re proud to have her at The Athletic. " But as more details came out and Russini failed to provide proof of her version of events, that she was on a girls hiking trip and innocently ran into Vrabel who was staying at the same resort, the Athletic started to have a change of heart.