Div. 3 North Football: Beverly Prevails Over Winchester

The Winchester High School Nordic team returned to the Weston Ski Track on Tuesday, Jan. 21, for the second race of this snow-challenged season with both the boys and girls teams taking second place in the seven team league. The course consisted of five loops totaling five kilometers. Junior Aidan Kimberley led the boys team, finishing in first place out of 82 skiers with a time of 15:38.6.

On Jan. 28, the Winchester high School Nordic ski team engaged in a role reversal for the third race of the season at the Weston Ski Track: The girls team achieved a first-place finish while the boys team took second place in the seven team league. With the help of snowmaking equipment, the course length was increased to 6.5 kilometers.

Tom Brady isn't playing in Sunday's big game, but his cryptic Instagram post gone viral has everybody talking about TB12 just days before Super Bowl LIV. A black and white photo of the Patriots quarterback in street clothes, just outside Gillette Stadium that Brady posted without any caption, has sports fans wondering what message he could be sending about his football future.

 The Winchester Sachems wrestling team hosted Arlington on Jan. 29. Prior to the match, the coaches held a “senior ceremony” honoring the seven seniors on the team: Nyobe Bandele, Aaron Apostadero, Kevin Miranda, Isaac Graylin, John Guthrie, Jack Kinsey and Patrick Doherty. Both teams had a full line-up which allowed for some spectacular wrestling and great competition.

Athletes from around the world including Massachusetts express their shock and sadness as they share memories of one of the all-time NBA greats of Kobe Bryant in the hours after his death. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball.[gh:blockquote []

CALABASAS, California — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a remote, steep hillside in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball. The chopper went down in Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.