Sportscaster Bill Schonely was the play-by-play announcer tor the
Portland Trail Blazers basketball team for almost three decades. He
began with the teams launch in 1970 and his final year behind the mike
was in 1998. 

In 2002, Schonely was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame for Broadcasting. In 2012, he was awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award
from the Basketball Hall of Fame. The voice of the Trail Blazers turned
86 on Monday June 1st.

Camille Bohannon

Ross Simpson

Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)

Sandy Kozel

 
James Francis "Jim" Thorpe (May 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953)

Thorpe was a Native American star of football, baseball, and the Olympics in the
1910’s and 1920’s. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963
and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

In a poll of sports fans conducted by ABC Sports, Thorpe was voted the Greatest
Athlete of the Twentieth Century out of 15 other athletes including Muhammad Ali,
Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus, and Michael Jordan.