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John Sterling, the hyperexcitable New York Yankees broadcaster known for decades of indelible, personalized home run calls, announced his immediate retirement Monday at age 85. Sterling made the ...
The New York Yankees today announced that legendary Yankees play-by-play radio voice John Sterling, who has called 5,420 regular season Yankees games and 211 postseason Yankees games, is retiring ...
As one of the most successful clubs in Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees are also one of its oldest teams. Part of that success derives to its radio and television broadcasts that have been running beginning in 1939 when the first radio transmissions were broadcast from the old stadium, and from 1947 when television broadcasts began.
John Sterling (né 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]
In his 36th season as the Voice of the Yankees, ... Sterling’s radio partner from 2002-04, now broadcasting Los Angeles Dodgers games. ... John Sterling: Yankees legendary broadcaster retires ...
NEW YORK (AP) — John Sterling, the hyperexcitable New York Yankees broadcaster known for decades of indelible, personalized home run calls, announced his immediate retirement Monday at age 85. Sterling made the unexpected decision a few weeks into his 34th season as the Yankees' radio play-by-play voice.
Following Sterling's retirement in April 2024, Shackil and Emmanuel Berbari assumed play-by-play duties for the Yankees for the remainder of the season. [9] After the Yankees hired Dave Sims to succeed Sterling for the 2025 season, Shackil announced that he was stepping away from WFAN's postgame show to focus on television broadcasting. [10]
Legendary New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling was honored Saturday at Yankee Stadium, days after announcing his retirement.. Sterling, 85, spoke to the media before the Yankees' home ...