John Sterling
"Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!"
Sterling joined the Yankees broadcast team in 1989 from Atlanta’s TBS and WSB Radio.
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If anything has become synonymous with the Yankees’ run of success over recent years, it is John Sterling’s memorable conclusion to so many Yankee victories. And as the radio voice to 162 games a year, plus pre-season and post-season match-ups , he has called more than 2400 games over the last 16 seasons, without missing a one, making him one of the most recognized and imitated voices in all of New York sports.
Sterling joined the Yankees broadcast team in 1989 from Atlanta’s TBS and WSB Radio, where he called Hawks basketball (1981-89) and Braves games (1982-87). But it was really a return to the town where he first achieved fame, hosting a talk show on WMCA from 1971-78, and calling the Nets (1975-80) and Islanders (1975-78) for WMCA, WVNJ, WOR-TV and SportsChannel.
Sterling has also broadcast for Morgan State Football (8 years), and Washington Bullets basketball in 1981. In addition to his seven years at WMCA and a year at WSB in Atlanta, he has also hosted talk shows on WFAN and WABC in New York. He has not missed a broadcast since the fall of ’81.
As the host of YES Network’s acclaimed Yankeeography series, Sterling won two Emmy awards in 2003. He has also been honored by the New Jersey Sportswriters Association with its Radio-TV Excellence award (1999), and was the winner of the 2001 Whitney Radio Jimmy Cannon Award. In addition, his call of a Jason Giambi home run on WCBS radio in 2002 was voted the ‘best baseball call of the year’ in a poll conducted by MLB.com. In 2002, Sterling was also honored by the NY Air Awards for being part of the best play-by-play team on radio.
When he’s not in the booth, Sterling also serves as a master of ceremonies on the field for major Yankee events. He is also well known for his MC work at City Hall, with his longtime radio partner Michael Kay, at “Key to the City” ceremonies following Yankee World Series victories.
For the past eight years, Sterling has been a spokesman for the Leukemia Society of America. He resides in Bergen County, N.J., and is the proud father of four children.
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