Ann Arbor — When you’ve been a newspaper beat reporter for more than three decades, there’s not too much that can catch you off guard.
But Angelique S. Chengelis found herself quite surprised at halftime of Saturday night’s Michigan State-Michigan game, when Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel announced her as the latest addition to the Michigan Stadium Press Box Hall of Fame.
Chengelis has been at The Detroit News since 1990, and the Michigan football beat writer since 1992.
“Does that mean you’ll return my calls now?” Chengelis joked to Manuel.
Chengelis, a Cincinnati native who graduated from the University of Cincinnati, first interned at The News after college, before working at the Knoxville Journal from 1987-90.