Coronavirus in Chicago: Harper College pupil screened for

Officials at Harper College in Palatine are informing the varsity group {that a} pupil on the northwest suburban group faculty could have been uncovered to coronavirus. In an electronic mail despatched to college students Thursday, the varsity’s president, Avis Proctor, mentioned officers have been “looking into a report that a Harper College student may have been exposed to coronavirus.” There haven't been any confirmed circumstances of the virus in Harper College college students, college or employees, the e-mail famous. Friday, a Chicago couple who contracted coronavirus have been launched from a Hoffman Estates hospital and can be in dwelling isolation, well being officers have mentioned. They are the one individuals in Illinois to have examined

Bryce Harper stars for Phillies in return to Washington

WASHINGTON — Showered by raindrops and jeers for a lot of the sport, Bryce Harper put a bat-flipping, celebratory end on his memorable return to Washington. Harper crushed an extended dwelling run in his closing at-bat, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Nationals 8-2 Tuesday night time for the franchise’s greatest begin in over a century. Maikel Franco additionally homered for the Phillies, baseball’s solely undefeated staff at 4-0. They had solely executed that in 1915 and 1897. Harper left Washington after taking part in 927 video games over seven years, collaborating in six All-Star Games and profitable the 2015 NL MVP Award. He listened to what the Nationals needed to supply, then signed a $330 million, 13-year

Phillies Legend Expects Bryce Harper To Be Booed In Philly (Just Like He Was)

Phillies Legend Expects Bryce Harper To Be Booed In Philly (Just Like He Was)

Fans in the City of Brotherly Love will treat Bryce Harper like one of their own. Philadelphia Phillies legend Mike Schmidt predicted Monday that Bryce Harper will receive boos from fans at some point during his tenure with the team. Schmidt told the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Matt Breen all Philly sports stars occasionally receive boos, even elite ones like himself. “He won’t have a problem (meeting fans’ expectations) because he’s all the things they want in a player,” Schmidt said. “He doesn’t do anything that they won’t like. He’ll run into walls for you. He’ll sign autographs for you. He’ll talk to the media. He’ll say the ri... NESN.com

Phillies Ticket Sales Spike On Reported Bryce Harper Contract Agreement

Phillies Ticket Sales Spike On Reported Bryce Harper Contract Agreement

The Philadelphia Phillies’ looming signing of Bryce Harper already is paying off. The Phillies sold 100,000-plus tickets in the hours after reports claiming Harper had agreed to join the team as a free agent emerged in the media, Phillies senior vice president of ticket operations John Weber told Philadelphia radio station 94WIP on Friday morning. Weber has worked for the Phillies since 1987 and has never seen such a one-day spike in sales. “I’m happy, I’m very, very happy,” Weber said. “My records, it is. Obviously, our big signings of Jim Thome in ’02. We had four months to sell him, we were going into a new ballpark in a year. And then... NESN.com

MLB Rumors: Giants Want To Sign Bryce Harper On These Conditions

MLB Rumors: Giants Want To Sign Bryce Harper On These Conditions

Will Bryce Harper be willing to pit-stop in the bay area? The San Francisco Giants plan to offer the free-agent outfielder a lucrative, short-term contract, USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale reported Sunday. Harper entered free-agency after the 2018 season, having rejected the Washington Nationals’ 10-year, $ 300 million-plus contract offer, but the market hasn’t produced the expected bidding war over the 26-year-old superstar to drive those figures higher. Nightengale didn’t specify how long the Giants contract offer might be or how much it would be worth, so it’s impossible to compare his deal to others he might have received already. Never... NESN.com

Why This NL Team Would Prefer To Sign Bryce Harper Over Manny Machado

Why This NL Team Would Prefer To Sign Bryce Harper Over Manny Machado

The Bryce Harper-Manny Machado sweepstakes roll on with absolutely no end in sight, despite spring training creeping closer and closer. Rumors continue to swirl about both superstars, with the San Diego Padres joining the mix as a contender to land one of the free agents along with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, and in Harper’s case, the Washington Nationals. But while the Padres are the new kids on the block in the sweepstakes, showing serious interest in Machado and reportedly meeting with Harper earlier this week, the franchise prefers one star over the other, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. While third base and sho... NESN.com

Broadcasting Wizard Tony Romo Predicts Where Bryce Harper Will Sign

Broadcasting Wizard Tony Romo Predicts Where Bryce Harper Will Sign

Tony Romo dazzled NFL fans Sunday night with his performance in the broadcast booth during the AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs. The CBS broadcaster pulled play call after play call out of his hat down the stretch, seemingly predicting nearly every play the Patriots ran correctly. The display inspired MLB super star free agent Bryce Harper to take to Twitter to comment on Romo’s wizardry in the booth. And naturally, Romo replied, with a nod to his adopted hometown team. And so it was … we guess Bryce Harper is a Ranger now. OK, maybe not. But one thing is for sure, we’re looking