John Sterling is an American

United States

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 sportscaster

Sportscaster

In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

 best known as the radio

Radio

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 play-by-play announcer of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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. He has announced every Yankees game since .
Sterling grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side

East Side (Manhattan)

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, in the East 80s. He briefly attended Moravian College

Moravian College

Moravian College a private liberal arts college, and the associated Moravian Theological Seminary are located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Lehigh Valley region.-History:...

, Boston University

Boston University

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, and the Columbia University School of General Studies

Columbia University School of General Studies

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 before leaving school to begin his career in radio at a small station in Wellsville, New York

Wellsville, New York

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Sterling began his broadcasting career in Baltimore

Baltimore

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, where he served as the play-by-play announcer for the then-Baltimore Bullets

Washington Wizards

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 for the 1970-71 NBA

National Basketball Association

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 season.