The Athletic's Ginsberg Addresses NY Times Probe

0:00Steven Ginsburg, executive editor at the athletic, finally spoke to his team about the New York Times probe into former reporter Diana Rossini and her. Connection to New England Patriots coach Mike Vrable, this comes after New York post-photos of the two surfaced, sparking the whole mess. It's the first time he's addressed it since right before Rossini bounced from the job. Ginsburg talked for 10 minutes straight, but skipped questions from staff. The investigations run by New York Times standards editor Mike Semell, digging into her time there and what went down. Staff and fans are buzzing over Rossini's coverage, especially her scoop on Julio Jones getting traded from the Atlanta Falcons to the Tennessee. Titans back when Vrable was head coach there. Questions linger about how close they really were and if it tainted her reporting. Just days after Ginsburg backed her work publicly, Rossini resigned and wiped her social media clean. No word yet on findings from the probe. Meanwhile, Vrable stepped away from Patriots duties on day 3 of the 2026 NFL draft to

1:04get some counseling after his own media chat. We'll keep watching how this unfolds for the league and media trust. That wraps Birmingham news today. Brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.