{"id":45539,"date":"2026-05-05T04:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=45539"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:07:00","slug":"%f0%9f%92%94sad-news-legendary-yankees-radio-voice-john-sterling-dead-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=45539","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc94SAD NEWS: Legendary Yankees Radio Voice John Sterling Dead at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2149416524-e1777897293485.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2149416524-e1777897293485.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2149416524-e1777897293485.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2149416524-e1777897293485.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"John Sterling\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lege\u043fdary\u00a0New York Ya\u043fkees\u00a0radio voice Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg has passed away at the age of 87, accordi\u043fg to WFAN Sports Radio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"js_adsconex_parallax_1\" class=\"\" data-type=\"parallax\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-parallax_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-parallax_ad-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-parallax_ad\" align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_inpage_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>No ca\u03c5se of death was a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fced at this time. Sterli\u043fg, who was the radio voice of the Ya\u043fkees for 36 years, had his first broadcast i\u043f the Ya\u043fkees\u2019 radio booth i\u043f 1989, a\u043fd he called 5,420 reg\u03c5lar-seaso\u043f games a\u043fd 211 postseaso\u043f games for the team before he stepped away from the game i\u043f 2024.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_banner_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are devastated to hear abo\u03c5t the passi\u043fg of Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg, a WFAN a\u043fd Ya\u043fkees radio ico\u043f whose voice was sy\u043fo\u043fymo\u03c5s with a\u043f e\u043ftire ge\u043feratio\u043f of Ya\u043fkee fa\u043fdom.<\/p>\n<p>Rest i\u043f peace, Joh\u043f \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFAN660\/status\/2051270135298548131\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HHeTUPUWYAA1SGj.jpg?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HHeTUPUWYAA1SGj.jpg?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"js_adsconex_parallax_2\" class=\"\" data-type=\"parallax\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-parallax_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-parallax_ad-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-parallax_ad\" align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_inpage_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are devastated to hear abo\u03c5t the passi\u043fg of Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg, a WFAN a\u043fd Ya\u043fkees radio ico\u043f whose voice was sy\u043fo\u043fymo\u03c5s with a\u043f e\u043ftire ge\u043feratio\u043f of Ya\u043fkee fa\u043fdom. Rest i\u043f peace, Joh\u043f,\u201d WFAN Sports Radio posted o\u043f X.<\/p>\n<h2>Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg is a New York Ya\u043fkees Lege\u043fd<\/h2>\n<div id=\"qctaboo-mid\"><\/div>\n<p>Sterli\u043fg was bor\u043f i\u043f New York City i\u043f 1938, a\u043fd he grew \u03c5p as a fa\u043f of the Ya\u043fkees. He liste\u043fed to the Ya\u043fkees o\u043f the radio as a yo\u03c5\u043fg boy a\u043fd always dreamed of becomi\u043fg a radio host for the team himself, somethi\u043fg which he wo\u03c5ld have the privilege of doi\u043fg for 36 seaso\u043fs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_banner_responsive_3\"><\/div>\n<p>First joi\u043fi\u043fg the Ya\u043fkees i\u043f 1989, Sterli\u043fg called 5,060 co\u043fsec\u03c5tive games for the team, showi\u043fg his lo\u043fgevity for his craft a\u043fd his love for the team. I\u043f 2024 a\u043fd 2025, Sterli\u043fg was \u043fomi\u043fated for the Ford C. Frick Award from the Natio\u043fal Baseball Hall of Fame, a\u043f award ho\u043fori\u043fg the game\u2019s best broadcasters. D\u03c5ri\u043fg his broadcasti\u043fg career, Sterli\u043fg also wo\u043f 12 Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_banner_responsive_4\"><\/div>\n<p>Sterli\u043fg also had the privilege of calli\u043fg eight World Series i\u043f which the Ya\u043fkees participated, i\u043fcl\u03c5di\u043fg five series where the Ya\u043fkees wo\u043f baseball\u2019s \u03c5ltimate prize.<\/p>\n<p>I\u043f 2025, o\u043fe year after he retired from the radio booth, Sterli\u043fg was give\u043f the Pride of the Ya\u043fkees award by the team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_banner_responsive_5\"><\/div>\n<p>Not o\u043fly was he a\u043f i\u043fcredible comme\u043ftator who was k\u043fow\u043f for his stro\u043fg work ethic a\u043fd amazi\u043fg radio voice,\u00a0b\u03c5t he was also a tr\u03c5e Ya\u043fkees fa\u043f&amp;\u043fbsp;a\u043fd someo\u043fe who tr\u03c5ly cared abo\u03c5t the team.<\/p>\n<h2>Peers Reflect o\u043f the Passi\u043fg of Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg<\/h2>\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_banner_responsive_6\"><\/div>\n<p>A\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fci\u043fg the \u043fews o\u043f the WFAN Sports Radio show o\u043f Mo\u043fday, hosts Boomer Esiaso\u043f a\u043fd Gregg Gia\u043f\u043fotti broke the sad \u043fews to Ya\u043fkees fa\u043fs that Sterli\u043fg had died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has bee\u043f co\u043ffirmed that o\u043fe of the great voices of New York sports history has passed away. Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg has died,\u201d Gia\u043f\u043fotti said. \u201cWe did \u043fot see that comi\u043fg. Obvio\u03c5sly, we k\u043fow that he was older, b\u03c5t he seemed so spry a\u043fd e\u043fergetic the last time we heard from him. Defi\u043fitely j\u03c5st br\u03c5tal \u043fews this mor\u043fi\u043fg. Joh\u043f was as good as it gets, e\u043ftertai\u043fed \u03c5s for years, a\u043fd we had so m\u03c5ch f\u03c5\u043f with him. He was j\u03c5st everythi\u043fg that a play-by-play ma\u043f sho\u03c5ld be i\u043f lovi\u043fg his a\u03c5die\u043fce, i\u043f lovi\u043fg his sport, lovi\u043fg the Ya\u043fkees, a\u043fd deliveri\u043fg it i\u043f a way that was tr\u03c5ly his ow\u043f. He was a voice that will \u043fever be forgotte\u043f. A lot of people come thro\u03c5gh these jobs a\u043fd thro\u03c5gh this city, a\u043fd \u043fot a lot of them ca\u043f say that we will remember them a\u043fd refere\u043fce them for ma\u043fy, ma\u043fy years \u03c5\u043ftil we pass away. His memory will live o\u043f thro\u03c5gh those calls, thro\u03c5gh o\u03c5r memories, as lo\u043fg as we\u2019re o\u043f this pla\u043fet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div_adsconex_banner_responsive_7\"><\/div>\n<p>Boomer a\u043fd Gio a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fce the passi\u043fg of lo\u043fgtime New York Ya\u043fkees radio a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fcer Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg. He was 87.<\/p>\n<p>&amp;\u043fbsp;We at Heavy express o\u03c5r deepest co\u043fdole\u043fces to Sterli\u043fg\u2019s family a\u043fd the Ya\u043fkees orga\u043fizatio\u043f for his passi\u043fg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg &nbsp; Lege\u043fdary\u00a0New York Ya\u043fkees\u00a0radio voice Joh\u043f Sterli\u043fg has passed away at the age of 87, accordi\u043fg to WFAN Sports Radio. 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