More on Vrabel and Russini, the FBI Investigates a Reporter, and Buying Your Way Into the Broadcast Booth

The Press Box

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Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Today on The Press Box, Bryan and David are back, and they start with some newsworthy items from David's time at WrestleMania. Then they react to more photos of Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel (8:16). They also talk about the coverage of the NFL draft (26:00), the FBI’s reported investigation of a New York Times reporter who covered Kash Patel (44:20), and much more. Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerProducers: Bruce Baldwin, Isaiah Blakely, Jamie Yukich, and Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.5	David?
0:36.6	Yes?
0:43.0	You just got back from Las Vegas, where you were covering WrestleMania.
0:45.8	Thank you for saying it the right way, yeah.
0:59.5	If we were to shoehorn a wrestling media story into this podcast, should we go with the reporter who was denied credentials or wrestling fans being mad at streaming or something else?
1:01.9	Yeah.
1:03.3	There was a lot of things.
1:04.6	There was some streaming issues.
1:06.7	Obviously, there was some ESPN WWB drama with the andreas hale situation um still trying
1:15.8	to dig into the details on that one although you know banning journalists is never a good look
1:21.8	if that's indeed what happened the craziest thing to me and this in, for all the things that we normally talk about,
1:30.5	was that for one match at WrestleMania, there was a third person in the announce booth.
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