I remember Cross from the NFL Today show on CBS in the 1980s. I think this article from 1980 best summed how professional Cross was and how he managed to stay above the fray. Later on, I remember a columnist noting that Cross was the last one from the show remaining after the other three had departed.
One CBS Sports insider told us yesterday that on “NFL Today,” Musburger has the unhappy task of quarterbacking the team of Phyllis George, Jimmy the Greek and Irv Cross . . .
“Irv never complains,” said this source, “he just does his job and gets on with it . . . but Phyllis and Jimmy are always scrapping over how many minutes they get on the air, and because it’s up to Brent to bring them into the conversation, they tend to blame him” . . .