Rip city, bill schonely, was the voice of the trail blazers from their birth in 1970 through. Portland is known as rip city in the basketball world, but very few people. Bill schonely describes the origins of rip city in the fifth installment of the rip city legacy commercial series. The nickname rip city that takes up the front of the city jerseys was coined by an announcer named bill schonely during a. Longtime blazers radio announcer and emcee bill schonely sang god bless america and america the beautiful after explaining to the. Rip city, aka bill schonely, is serving as the trail blazers familys founding broadcasterambassador for the 16th year. Venerable blazers announcer bill schonely came up with the phrase in the heat of a.
Over the years, portland has become known as rip city. Rip city coloring book bill schonely 1978 portland trail blazers 1978 basketball ebay. Bill schonely coined the term rip city in 1970 rap city, oregon. Portland trail blazers bill schonely rip city coloring. Within three, guard jim barnett now the color analyst for the golden. Blazers return to memorial coliseum for exhibition. The blazers had fallen behind by a significant margin, yet rallied back. The phrase rip city was originated by legendary blazers announcer bill schonely. My two favorite images are the one with darth vader, and the one. Many nba fans are familiar with the portland trail blazers rip city. It was 49 years ago that legendary trail blazers broadcaster bill schonely first uttered the trademark phrase. Great coloring by ann trahan brown, from our new mandalas xv coloring book. The design features a font largely inspired by the feel of miami in the 80s and comes with a vibrant color scheme. Schonelys bestknown phrase, rip city, debuted in a game against the lakers in 1970.
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