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 overwhelms DIII Vassar in opener, 88–42

Led by 16 points from guard Azar Swain ’22, all 18 Bulldogs in uniform saw the floor in the program’s first game in 20 months, while five scored in double figures.

November 9, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Picked first in preseason poll, Yale eyes a third straight Ivy crown amid uncertain conference landscape

Looking to claim its fifth conference title in the last seven seasons, the Bulldogs open nonconference play next week with two new assistant coaches and significant experience on the perimeter but lots of open minutes in the post.

November 5, 2021

MARGARET HEDEMAN & WILLIAM MCCORMACK
CROSS COUNTRY: DeLay ’22 and Miranda ’22 each take first, Yale finishes third at HYP

While Harvard and Princeton bested Yale in team standings on both the men’s and women’s sides, two Bulldogs each took the crown in their respective races on Saturday.

September 13, 2021

MARGARET HEDEMAN & WILLIAM MCCORMACK
Olympians among us: Meet the 19 Yalies who competed in Tokyo

19 current and former Yalies participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this summer. Meet them here.

September 12, 2021

Williamson and his New Zealand teammates stand for the anthem after receiving their medals.
WILLIAM MCCORMACK
IN PHOTOS: Yale’s first game back

Last Friday, Aug. 27, Reese Stadium hosted the first Yale game to occur since March 12, 2020. Yale women’s soccer took on the University at Buffalo.

August 31, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Back-to-back Ivy titles, trip to March Madness highlight last four years

More than two years after the team cut down the nets at the John J. Lee Amphitheater on Selection Sunday in March 2019, Yale men’s […]

May 24, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
Senior Associate Athletic Director Andy Dunn departing Yale for AD role at Taft

Andy Dunn, Yale’s senior associate athletic director for internal operations, is set to become Taft’s Director of Athletics and Afternoon Program on July 1, concluding a stretch of almost 10 years with Yale Athletics. Dunn emerged from a pool of more than 60 applicants to earn his first role as an AD.

May 3, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
INSIGHT: Olmo’s Pandemic Pivot

How experimentation, Snackpass and a whole lot of fresh bagels helped one New Haven restaurant through the pandemic and may have changed its identity for good.

April 29, 2021

Lukas Flippo
WILLIAM MCCORMACK
JLA’s ushers on a year away from the amphitheater

Frank Krugel loves to talk. A USPS mailman in Shelton, Connecticut, for 45 years and counting, he carried his inclination to strike up conversations into […]

March 16, 2021

Lenoci poses for a photo with coworker Ted Cotjanle in JLA
WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: James Jones, hoping to encourage African American history course requirements, joins board at ABIS

Jones serves as Co-Chair of the new organization’s “Teaching African American History” committee.

September 18, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: At least seven of 12 returners taking fall-term leaves

Although some are hopeful, many returners expressed doubts about the possibility of Ivy League basketball this school year and are instead viewing the fall (and for some, the full year) as a unique opportunity for real-world job experience and other pursuits.

September 14, 2020