Dennis Bateman Is a professional sportswriter and historian who has spent more than a dozen years covering high school sports all over Southern California, from San Clemente to San Luis Obispo. He has written full-time for the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Times, and the Santa Barbara News-Press. He is the author of Anaheim Colonists Football – A Century of Tradition and The Orange County Football Book and is currently working on a book chronicling the Los Angeles Rams’ return to Southern California.
Together with his twin brother and fellow Anaheim High alum Tom Bateman, Dennis helped guide “Bring Back the Los Angeles Rams,” a highly successful social media campaign that paved the way for the Rams franchise’s triumphant return this year.