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    Irv Cross. Irvin Acie Cross (July 27, 1939 – February 28, 2021) was an American professional football player and sportscaster. He played cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) and was a two-time Pro Bowl selection with the Philadelphia Eagles. Working with CBS, Cross was the first African-American sports analyst on national ...

  2. Mar 1, 2021 · Link Copied! Irv Cross, center, talks with broadcast partners Dick Butkus, left, and Brent Musburger on the air prior to the start of an NFL game around 1989. Broadcasting pioneer and former NFL ...

  3. Mar 1, 2021 · Irv Cross, a Pro Bowl defensive back with two N.F.L. teams who later made history as the first Black full-time television analyst for a network television sports show, died on Sunday in a hospice ...

  4. Feb 28, 2023 · Irv Cross, a former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full time as a sports analyst on national television, is the latest football player diagnosed with the brain disease CTE.

  5. Feb 28, 2023 · Irv Cross, the first Black sports analyst on national television and a two-time Pro Bowler, passed away Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles announced. He was 81. Cross played nine years in the NFL ...

  6. Feb 28, 2023 · Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcasting pioneer who died two years ago at the age of 81, had stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Boston University CTE Center said Tuesday.

  7. Irv Cross poses at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., in this April 8, 1999, file photo. Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021.

  8. Mar 1, 2021 · LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Former Los Angeles Rams cornerback Irv Cross, who became a sportscasting pioneer after retiring from the NFL and spent 23 years with CBS, has died at age 81. Cross died ...

  9. Mar 2, 2021 · March 1, 2021 5:20 PM PT. Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, died Sunday. He was 81. The ...

  10. Mar 1, 2021 · Irv Cross was a leading figure in making sports television more inclusive. His work on the groundbreaking "The NFL Today" helped to bring many more Black faces to screens. Cross died Sunday at age ...

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