John Sterling (sportscaster)

John Sterling
Sterling in 2010
Broadcaster
Born: (1938-07-04) July 4, 1938 (age 86)
New York City, U.S.
Teams
As Broadcaster
Career highlights and awards
  • 5,060 consecutive regular-season games called
  • Announced eight World Series, including five victories (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009)
  • 12-Time Sports Emmy Award winner

John Sterling ( Sloss;[1] born July 4, 1938)[2][3] is an American retired sportscaster, best known as the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2024. Sterling called 5,060 consecutive Yankees games from 1989 to 2019.[4]

  1. ^ Kirschner, Chris (June 15, 2020). "Now a Yankees radio icon, John Sterling was launched to stardom in Atlanta". The Athletic. Retrieved April 15, 2024. ...changed his last name from Sloss to Sterling because, he said, it gave him more shine.
  2. ^ Matthews, Wallace. "Happy Birthday To The Real Yankees Iron Man: John Sterling". forbes.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Delessio, Joe (September 10, 2015). "Sterling loved, loathed, even by Yankees fans". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2022. Born in 1938 and raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Sterling began his radio career at a small station in upstate New York.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference SterlingRetires was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

John Sterling (sportscaster)

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