Longtime Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely, who first coined the iconic phrase 'Rip City,' has died, the team announced.
."Our hearts go out to his wife, Dottie, and the entire Schonely family during this difficult time. Bill was a warm, engaging and sharp person – always up for a joke, a keen observation or a kind remark. His mark on the organization, the state of Oregon and all of sports broadcasting will be felt for generations. No one loved Rip City more than Bill did and we are all forever grateful for his contributions to the community.
He kept broadcasting for the next 28 seasons, and even spent two seasons in the 1990s as the team’s television play-by-play announcer. Schonely is credited with coining the term “Rip City,” something the franchise and the city at large has embraced in the decades since. According to The Oregonian, Schonely first blurted out, “Rip City, all right!” after Jim Barnett made a shot during the first season in 1971, and it stuck from there on.per The OregonianSchonely was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and he had a banner raised in the Trail Blazers’ arena the following year.
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