Dianna Russini reveals she bribed local Starbucks amid Micah Parsons Cowboys-Packers blockbuster

by: Brian Jones 57 minutes ago brianjones_93

Feb 10, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Dianna Russini appears on the red carpet prior to the NFL Honors awards presentation at YouTube Theater. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Dianna Russini bribed a local Starbucks so she could report on the Dallas Cowboys trading Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. On Tuesday’s episode of The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz, Russini, the senior NFL insider for The Athletic , talked about the challenges she faced finding an internet connection to share the news to the world.

“I was having internet issues and we wanted to do a quick live reaction show for  Scoop City ,” Dianna Russini said, referring to her podcast. “And of course, everything always happens at the worst times, right? It’s like no internet, no technology, all this. So I have to go to Starbucks — only place I can think of to just sit somewhere to get internet. And I had to go up to the barista and basically ask him politely, ‘Can you not blend Frappuccinos? Can you kill the music? The biggest trade in the NFL in a long time just happened, and I have to go live.’”

Dianna Russini shares more on reporting Micah Parsons trade at Starbucks

Russini said she got the silence she needed. However, that silence came with a cost. “I realized there’s only one way people will do things that you ask, which is money. And I just put 50 bucks on the counter,” she recalled. “The music goes off. The blending stops. It was awesome.”

Read More