00:00Exclusive photos obtained by Page Six appear to show New England Patriots head coach Mike
00:04Rabel and New York Times NFL reporter Diana Russini holding hands and hugging at a luxury
00:10hotel.
00:11The pair were spotted two weekends ago at the Ambient Resort in Sedona, Arizona.
00:15A Page Six spy says Rabel and Russini, who are both married to other people, had breakfast
00:20together on the hotel patio around 10.30 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, before spending about
00:26an hour at the pool and relaxing side by side in a hot tub.
00:30Later that evening, they were seen on the private rooftop of one of the hotel's bungalows, which
00:35can cost more than $2,000 a night.
00:37Photos show the two hugging at sunset and weaving their fingers together while standing face
00:41to face.
00:42The eyewitness also said they briefly danced together.
00:45Both Rabel and Russini insist they were there with friends, and say they simply weren't
00:50visible in the pictures.
00:51A source close to Russini says she was on a hiking trip with two female friends, while
00:56one of Rabel's friends claimed they visited Sedona with another pal and later returned
01:01to a separate hotel.
01:03But three other eyewitnesses told Page Six they did not see anyone else with the pair.
01:07One eyewitness said, no, he was with a girl, and a sequence of photos taken throughout the
01:12day appears to show only Rabel and Russini together.
01:16The sighting came after Rabel attended a scouting event at Arizona State University, before traveling
01:21to Sedona.
01:22Afterward, he headed to the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix for an NFL competition committee
01:26meeting, where Russini was also present covering the event.
01:30Russini has been a prominent NFL reporter for more than a decade, joining ESPN in 2015, before
01:36moving to The Athletic in 2023, where she now serves as a senior NFL insider.
01:41Rabel became the Patriots head coach in January 2025, and led the team to a Super Bowl appearance
01:46in his first season.
01:48The two also have a professional history, as Russini covered the Tennessee Titans when
01:52Rabel served as head coach.
01:54Both are married.
01:56Russini wed Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt in 2020, and they have two children.
02:01Rabel and his wife Jen have been married for more than 25 years, and share two sons.
02:06In response to the photos, Rabel told Page Six, these photos show a completely innocent interaction,
02:11and any suggestion otherwise is laughable.
02:14This doesn't deserve any further response.
02:16Russini added, the photos don't represent the group of six people who were hanging out
02:21during the day.
02:21Like most journalists in the NFL, reporters interact with sources away from stadiums and
02:26other venues.
02:28Steven Ginsberg, executive editor of The Athletic, said, these photos are misleading and lack essential
02:33context.
02:34These were public interactions in front of many people.
02:36Diana is a premier journalist covering the NFL, and we're proud to have her at The Athletic.
02:41Still, multiple eyewitnesses and the photos themselves have raised questions about what
02:46exactly happened during the Sedona outing.
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