‘Icon’: Sports World Unites to Mourn the Loss of Longtime Yankees Announcer John Sterling
FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2009 file photo shows New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling sitting in his booth before a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, file) The world of sports came together Monday to reminisce and mourn the death of legendary New York Yankees announcer John Sterling .
That morning, New York sports radio WFAN announced Sterling died at the age of 87. He began calling Yankees games in 1989 and retired in 2024. As noted in a report from The Athletic , Sterling called more than 5,000 consecutive games before missing one in July 2019.
For Yankees fans, Sterling’s voice is among the first that come to mind when recalling the team’s dynastic years from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Countless members of New York sports media took to social media to pay tribute to him. MLB reporter Bryan Hoch called Sterling “the soundtrack to so many seasons,” adding that the 87-year-old was “an absolute treasure.
” There are so many stories, so many wonderful memories. John Sterling was an absolute treasure. The soundtrack to so many seasons and a true original.
There really never will be another like him. https://t. co/l1AdGayDlW — Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) May 4, 2026 ESPN’s Mike Greenberg , a lifelong New York sports fan, referred to Sterling as “one of the truly great showmen our business ever had.
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