Sports Ex-NFL player, pioneering broadcaster Irv Cross posthumously diagnosed with Stage 4 CTE February 28, 2023Scooby Axson, USA TODAYComments Off on Ex-NFL player, pioneering broadcaster Irv Cross posthumously diagnosed with Stage 4 CTE Irv Cross, who played nine NFL seasons before working at CBS, died Feb. 28, 2021 at age 81 after being diagnosed with mild cognitive dementia in 2018.