Mike Chappell has been the Colts beat writer for the Indianapolis Star since 1989, making him one of the nation's longest-tenured writers for the same team. He was on hand for the team's first training camp, its first regular-season victory, its first Indianapolis-based playoff appearance, and the franchise's first postseason victory in a quarter-century, a 35-20 win at San Diego in 1995 that served as a springboard to the AFC title game. He chronicled the 1-15 travails of '91, three different 3-13 squads, and the 12-4 outfit in 2003 that reached the AFC championship game.