'Inside the NBA' pokes fun at Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini controversy in graphic

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ESPN’s "Inside the NBA" poked fun at the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini controversy on Sunday night during playoff coverage.

The broadcast featured a "Gone Fishing" segment following the Boston Celtics’ exit from the playoffs after a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The graphic featured sportscaster Bill Simmons, actors John Krasinski, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and Celtics stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum on a fishing boat

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Dianna Russini, left, and Mike Vrabel, right, are shown in a split composite image featuring Russini with an ESPN microphone and Vrabel on the Titans sideline wearing a headset. (Imagn Images)

In the right corner, Vrabel and Russini were featured in a "Titanic"-esque scene with the New England Patriots head coach holding the hips of the NFL reporter.

Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley – who usually bring it with the jokes – were left stunned.

"Who are the two people at the front?" Smith asked as he tried to bait Barkley into making a comment. "I don’t know them."

Barkley responded, "Stop it, stop it."

"Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on there, Tatum and Brown," Johnson said. "That’s all I see on that boat. I don’t see anything else."

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel speaks during the 2026 NFL Annual League Meeting at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Ariz., on March 31, 2026. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

ESPN declined to comment on the graphic.

The company technically licenses the show from TNT Sports, which still produces it.

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