FILE - Former radio announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers Bill Schonely reacts to the fans as he is honored during halftime of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Portland, Ore., Sunday ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The man known as the Mayor of Rip City and the original voice on the Portland Trail Blazers, Bill Schonely, has passed away, his biographer Kerry Eggers announced Saturday morning.

Longtime Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely, who first coined the iconic phrase “Rip City,” has died, the team announced. He was 93. "We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bill Schonely, the iconic voice of the Portland Trail Blazers, has died at the age of 93, biographer Kerry Eggers shared on Twitter on Saturday morning. Few faces, or voices, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Trail Blazers fans and Portlanders of all ages reacted to the announcement of Bill Schonely’s death at the age of 93. Schonely was the original voice of the Trail Blazers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — People that encountered legendary Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely during his time in Portland helped celebrate his life at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland on ...

Portland Trail Blazers founding broadcaster Bill Schonely died early Saturday at the age of 93. From Oregon politicians to colleagues to fans of all walks of life, many took to Twitter to share their ...

Portland Trail Blazers radio network producer Rich Patterson worked hard last summer to persuade the franchise’s legendary former broadcaster Bill Schonely to ride in the Grand Floral Parade during ...

"We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Trail Blazers legendary broadcaster Bill Schonely," Trail Blazers president of business operations Dewayne Hankins said in a statement. "Our hearts go ...

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “Rip City” while watching a Portland Trail Blazers game, you have radio broadcaster Bill Schonely to thank for that. The original radio voice of the Blazers, Schonley ...