A female NFL reporter who was fired after slamming Dianna Russini has shared a furious response to comments made ahead of her comeback.Russini resigned as NFL insider at The Athletic in April after pictures surfaced of her and Mike Vrabel holding hands at an adults-only resort in Sedona, Arizona leading to claims she was having an affair with the New England Patriots head coach.A lengthy investigation by the New York Times-owned outlet later found Russini had been ‘noncompliant’ with its standards. Russini will now return to NFL reporting with a weekly show titled ‘The Russini Report’ hosted by Costa Rica-based gambling site BetUS.She gave her first interview since the scandal ahead of her comeback to People, in which she discussed the ‘nightmare’ she faced and being left ‘heartbroken’ as well as detailing the support from around the NFL for her to return.Among her comments, she said: ‘I really hope that I can be someone other women see: you can pick yourself up, get back in there and not be afraid.’ NFL reporter Crissy Froyd was let go from her USA Today job after comments on Dianna Russini Russini has launched her NFL comeback and opened up on her ‘nightmare’ six monthsThat comment has sparked outrage from some, including Crissy Froyd, who has been an outspoken critic from the start. ‘A hero and inspiration for women in sports? Gross thing to say when you’re the opposite. Lie to yourself and everyone else harder @DMRussini. You disgust me.’ Froyd – who covered the NFL and college football for USA Today SMG – was dismissed by the publication shortly after ripping into Russini as she announced she was leaving The Athletic. In response to her resignation letter, Froyd wrote to her fellow female reporter: ‘I’m sure you were told to submit this or that you’d get fired instead. ‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. We know who you really are and what you’ve been up to for years. It does so much detriment to women in sports who have done things the right way.’USA Today confirmed that Froyd’s contract had been terminated ‘effective immediately’ over her comments about Russini. Though while she admitted to TMZ that she was ‘beyond distraught’ over her firing, the 26-year-old had no regrets.’I would like to acknowledge the statements put out about me recently and that I am also no longer with USA TODAY SMG. I regret zero of what I said and stand beside it,’ Froyd said in a post on X. She added: ‘I feel I’ve been very transparent and did nothing wrong.’ Russini resigned from The Athletic after questions over her relationship with Mike Vrabel Froyd has doubled down on her criticism of Russini after recent comments about her returnUSA Today stressed that Froyd made comments that ‘do not reflect our commitment to professionalism or uphold our principles of ethical conduct.’Froyd is not the only female reporter to express concerns over Russini’s comeback and her handling of the situation. Former ESPN SportsCenter host Linda Cohn believes she should open up about her truth in order to keep her audience.’There were a lot of people who didn’t even know who Dianna Russini was before that scandal with Mike Vrabel,’ Cohn said on her eponymous show. ‘Now that she has gotten the curiosity seekers involved, people now know who she is for all the wrong reasons. How is she going to keep them after the first show?’Because they are going to want to hear her talk about what her spring was when those pictures came out last April. And what, and what did she learn from that? ‘She is smart. She doesn’t want my advice. But if she is smart, she would share the human side of her, that people make mistakes, that she made a big one, and that she’d admit the wrongdoing.’Cohn then disagreed with one sports writer’s opinion that Russini shouldn’t discuss the scandal. Instead, she believes Russini would come off as relatable.’I think it could humanize her because everybody makes mistakes,’ she said. Maybe they don’t make that kind of mistake. But people make mistakes. ‘And if she can look in the mirror and talk like that to her new viewers, you know what, and admit fault and admit mistake, just maybe she will keep those people around each and every Wednesday on her new show.’