When it comes to Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel-gate, everybody is missing the point

The Sports Gossip Show

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4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Madeline and Charlotte are back after a short break last week to tackle the story everyone is talking about: The photos of NFL insider Dianna Russini and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. The gals talk about the public relations nature of the situation, the role that “insider” reporters play in sports, and the bigger picture of the media landscape that people need to consider when talking about the situation.

First, a few items about the WNBA Draft (more on that on Thursday), because former UConn teammates Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers were reunited on the Dallas Wings and…are they still dating? Rory McIlroy won the Masters for the second year in a row, and now he has to come up with a whole new menu for the special dinner. Plus: the Artemis II astronauts are the GOAT sports figures of our time.

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0:01.6	Testing, testing.
0:02.8	There's my collar on my little boy shirt all right. Let's see how that sounded. Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. One, two, three, one, two, three. Wait, how far, hold on. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Here we go again. I think that's right. Charlotte in the mic. Is that right? A tale of a... Tale's oldest time.
0:21.7	Tale is old as time.
0:22.8	Tale of two freaks.
0:24.0	Oops.
0:24.2	Oh, go again. I think that's right. Charlotte in the mic. Is that right? A tale of a... Tale as oldest time.
0:21.7	Tale is oldest time.
0:22.8	Tale of two freaks.
0:24.0	Oops.
0:24.2	Oh.
0:24.4	Oh.
0:24.6	Oh.
0:25.3	Okay. Hi Charlotte. Good day, Madeline. We're back with another episode of the sports gossip show.
0:39.3	Bound, bough, bough, bown, bough.
0:41.2	I have not seen you in like 10 days.
0:45.0	I know.
0:45.5	Well, right?
0:46.1	Well, except yesterday.
0:47.4	Yeah, but that, I mean, sorry.
0:48.9	For the sake of the show.
0:50.6	Same.
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