John Sterling, the unmistakable radio voice of the New York Yankees for more than three decades, has died at 87. The team and longtime broadcast partner WFAN confirmed his death on Monday, May 4, noting he passed away at a hospital in New Jersey following recent health complications. According to ESPN , Sterling had undergone heart bypass surgery earlier this year and had been recovering at his home in Edgewater before being hospitalized. His death marks the end of one of the most recognizable broadcasting runs in baseball history, closing the book on a career that stretched from the early days of radio play-by-play to the modern era of sports media. For generations of Yankees fans, Sterling wasn’t just calling games—he was part of the experience. From 1989 through his retirement in April 2024, he logged 5,420 regular-season games and 211 postseason matchups, including a streak of 5,060 consecutive broadcasts that spanned nearly 30 years.…