William McCormack
Staff Reporter
william.mccormack@yale.edu
William McCormack covered Yale men's basketball from 2018 to 2022. He served as Sports Editor and Digital Editor for the Managing Board of 2022 and also reported on the athletic administration as a staff reporter. Originally from Boston, he was in Timothy Dwight College.
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WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale wins Ivy League title with 72–61 victory at Dartmouth

HANOVER – As Yale men’s basketball players streamed into the visitors’ locker room at Leede Arena Friday night, throwing white championship T-shirts over navy game […]

March 7, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale seeks outright Ivy title at Dartmouth, Harvard

With a postseason berth at Ivy Madness berth already secured, the Elis need one win for the Ivy League’s regular-season crown. Beating both Dartmouth (12-15, […]

March 6, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
UP CLOSE: With success against the spread, Yale men’s basketball wins support of sports bettors

March 5, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale quiets Princeton, 66–63, on Senior Night

Yale men’s basketball captain and guard Eric Monroe ’20 said he thought the John J. Lee Amphitheater looked more different than it ever had before.  […]

March 1, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: “Nothing short of a miracle” — Yale erases late 10-point deficit, clinches Ivy Madness berth with 76-73 win over Penn

With just under three minutes to play Friday night at the John J. Lee Amphitheater, Penn senior guard Devon Goodman dribbled to his left with […]

February 29, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Ivy Madness berth up for grabs at home

The Bulldogs’ three seniors — forward Jordan Bruner ’20, captain and guard Eric Monroe ’20 and forward Austin Williams ’20 — will play their final […]

February 27, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: A night in the Branford Pottery Studio with Isaiah Kelly ’22

Exactly seven days remained until the Yale men’s basketball team opened its 2019–20 season at Stony Brook, and forwards Austin Williams ’20, Isaiah Kelly ’22 […]

February 27, 2020

MARGARET HEDEMAN & WILLIAM MCCORMACK
Yale hosts first ever synchro invitational

The Yale club synchronized swimming team hosted its very first home meet on Saturday afternoon in the Kiphuth Exhibition Pool — a testament to how […]

February 25, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale’s first-ever triple-double, Atkinson’s 1,000th highlight weekend sweep in New York

NEW YORK CITY — After a grueling 50-minute game Friday night, the Elis made quick work of Columbia in Morningside Heights. To start the weekend, […]

February 23, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Elis trek to Empire State for Cornell, Columbia

For Ivy League teams on the road, playing back-to-back games at Cornell and Columbia is a notorious struggle. Road wins are a rare commodity in […]

February 21, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: On cusp of 1,000 points, Paul Atkinson ’21 redefining dependability

Forward Paul Atkinson ’21 had just finished his sophomore year of high school when Yale men’s basketball assistant coach Justin Simon ’04 saw him play […]

February 19, 2020