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1974 NBA Finals

With Ron Williams unable to handle the Celtic press and shooting guard Jon McGlocklin nursing a sprained ankle, Bucks coach Larry Costello turned to little-used forward Mickey Davis for help in the backcourt.

2008 Aaron's 499

David Stremme, who lost his ride in the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge last year after they signed Dario Franchitti, will replace the defending Indy 500 champion after Franchitti broke his ankle in the Nationwide Series race on Saturday.

2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert was hobbled early in the game with an apparent ankle injury, but Tiger Head Coach Gary Pinkel opted to keep him in the game.

2010 All Stars match

In the NRL All Stars, David Taylor injured his ankle at training and was replaced by Sam Burgess, Gareth Ellis was sent home on compassionate grounds because of the birth of his first child and was replaced by Robbie Farah and Alan Tongue injured himself and was replaced by David Shillington.

2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

In the junior event, Kiri Baga had to withdraw due to Achilles tendinopathy in her left ankle.

2013–14 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Karen Chen withdrew due to an ankle injury and was replaced by fellow American Angela Wang.

Alex Brosque

He was immediately loaned out to Belgian club Westerlo where he struggled due to an ankle injury, making only sixteen appearances and scoring two goals.

Axel Witsel

On 30 August 2009, Witsel sparked controversy when he broke Marcin Wasilewski's leg by stamping on his ankle during the match between Anderlecht and Standard.

Béla Károlyi

Among the gymnasts Béla and Márta Károlyi have trained are Nadia Comăneci, Svetlana Boginskaya, Mary Lou Retton, Betty Okino, Teodora Ungureanu, Kim Zmeskal, Kristie Phillips, Dominique Moceanu, and Kerri Strug, whom he is famous for carrying to the podium after she injured her ankle on the gold medal-winning vault in the team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Boukary Dramé

He picked up a serious ankle sprain on his debut against former club PSG.

Buck Martinez

Martinez's career took a bad turn when he broke his leg and severely dislocated his ankle in a home plate collision with the Seattle Mariners' Phil Bradley at the Kingdome on July 9, 1985.

Casper's Scare School

Captain & Tennille - Murray and Belle, Alder and Dash's "Ankle" (Aunt + Uncle = Ankle)

Conrad Phillips

The pain was so bad that he spent the last episode of The Adventures of William Tell in a wheel chair because he had broken his ankle whilst on location.

Dafo

DAFO (Dynamic Ankle Foot Orthosis), a brand name for some lower extremity braces that provide thin, flexible, external support to the foot, ankle and/or lower leg

David Ryall

In 1983 he worked on 'A Matter of the Officers' and Jean Seberg with Julian Barry who, despite Ryall missing the press night of the latter due to misjudging a step from a lift onto the stage and breaking his ankle during a blackout, remains a lifelong friend.

Hichem Hamdouni

With his opponent advancing further into the final round, Hamdouni offered a second chance for an Olympic medal by aggressively defeating Philippines' Donald Geisler in the first repechage bout that left his opponent with a dislocated ankle and a double tendon injury.

Huron Peak

On July 9, 1994, a Flight for Life Aérospatiale Eurocopter AS350 rescue helicopter crashed on Huron Peak at approximately 12,200 feet while attempting to rescue a female hiker who had suffered a broken ankle.

Ian Hillier

In September 2008 Hillier broke his leg in three places in an accident while working in his day job as a tree surgeon when a falling branch struck his leg, breaking his tibia, fibula and ankle.

Jeremy Kench

His season was abruptly cut short after an ankle injury against the Southland Sharks early on in the season, which needed surgery.

João Soares da Mota Neto

However, he suffered from a broken left ankle in the match against Gyeongnam FC in 2006, which forced him to be out of the pitch for several months.

John Edward McCullough

According to an episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories ("D.B. Sweeney, Adrien Zmed, Eddie Money, DJ Nicole Leone"), John Edward McCullough's ghost is responsible for breaking the ankle of Adrian Zmed during a Broadway production of Grease.

John Willoughby

John Willoughby first appears in Sense and Sensibility when he rescues Marianne Dashwood after she falls down a hill and twists her ankle during a rainstorm.

Jonathan Magee

He returned to local football with Portadown, Distillery then Dungannon Swifts before retiring from the game due to a long–term ankle injury.

Kenny Easley

Easley filed a lawsuit against the Seahawks, their team trainer, and the team doctors stating that an overdose of Advil (ibuprofen) for an ankle injury a few years before was the cause of his kidney failure.

Kola Adedoyin

Disaster again struck a couple of weeks later when he ruptured ankle ligaments in Geneva, Switzerland 6 weeks before the World Junior Championships.

Lady Dorothy Mills

Lady Dorothy married Captain Arthur F. H. Mills of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry after he was wounded in the First World War in 1916, being presented at the ceremony with a wedding ring made from a bullet that had been surgically removed from his ankle after he was wounded in combat at La Bassée, France.

Linford S. Haines

As an actor, he became known by his current pseudonym due to a misprint in a programme for a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof where he understudied Brick, but was thrust into the lead role when the actor cast as the protagonist, ironically, broke his ankle and his leg a week before opening night.

Maisonneuve

Maisonneuve fracture, a proximal fibular fracture associated with a distal tibial (ankle) fracture

Menelik Watson

However, he shattered his right ankle in 2001 during a park-based friendly soccer game, meaning that he could not progress in his hopes of playing for Manchester City F.C. Advised by doctor not to play any more sports, he eventually joined the school basketball team, where he was spotted in a local tournament by American coach Rob Orellana, who signed him up for his basketball academy based in the Canary Islands.

Ottawa ankle rules

In medicine, the Ottawa ankle rules are a set of guidelines for clinicians to help decide if a patient with foot or ankle pain should be offered X-rays to diagnose a possible bone fracture.

Paninaro

Later, they added Sebago or Vans deck shoes, Burlington socks, Armani jeans, Americanino or Rifle corduroy pants, all hemmed to ankle height, El Charro belts with Texan or western-style big buckles, By american and Best Company sweatshirts, Schott flyer's leather jackets, Moncler down jackets, and brightly colored Invicta rucksacks.

Reduced Shakespeare Company

When Reinertson broke her ankle three weeks into the run, Borgeson suggested that school-chum Adam Long fill in for her in drag.

Riccardo Scimeca

The start of the 2008–09 season looked to be more promising for Scimeca as he began the season fully fit and an injury to Gavin Rae saw him back into the first team early in the year, but he went on to suffer another injury setback after seriously damaging ankle ligaments during a 2–1 victory over Milton Keynes Dons in the second round of the Football League Cup.

Rich Seubert

During a game against Philadelphia in October 2003, Seubert was blocking when his opponent N. D. Kalu stepped on the back of his right leg, breaking Seubert's tibia, fibula, and ankle.

Rocket from the Crypt

Then-ubiquitous MTV VJ Kennedy sported a tattoo of the band's logo on her ankle on national television, and increased radio and MTV airplay continued.

Rockets–Spurs rivalry

The Spurs began the 2008 season with their worst record in franchise history (2-4), as a result of an injury to Manu Ginóbili at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a sprained ankle to Tony Parker early in the season.

Ronald Tubid

In the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference, Tubid suffered a dislocated ankle injury in a game against Alaska that forced him to sit the rest of the quarterfinals and semifinals.

Ronnie Stringwell

He damaged an ankle in an accident when leading in a race on Winnats Pass in November 1951 which ultimately resulted in his early retirement.

Rugby union gameplay

It is illegal to push, shoulder-charge, or to trip a player using feet or legs, but hands may be used (this being referred to as a tap-tackle or ankle-tap).

Steve Jehu

In 2004, Jehu survived a 33-foot fall from a hotel window in Ljubljana, Slovenia by completing a mid-air loop and gymnasts' landing to escape with only a broken ankle.

Terry Carter

He was originally cast as "Lieutenant Boomer", but was cut following a roller skating accident that fractured his ankle.

Tod Rockwell

Rockwell was a backup quarterback for Michigan at the start of the 1923 season but got the starting quarterback job after Irwin Uteritz broke his ankle in a game against the Quantico Marines.

U.S. Army M-1943 Uniform

By 1941, soldiers wore a wool flannel shirt and wool serge trousers in winter and a cotton khaki shirt and trousers in summer, both with ankle length russet leather service shoes and OD canvas leggings, and often with the OD cotton M-1941 Field Jacket.

Vibram FiveFingers

Barefoot running, which is similar to running with FiveFingers on, appears to decrease the risk of ankle sprain and plantar fasciitis.

Warren Feeney

He scored his first goal for Swansea on 2 October, in a 2–1 win over Swindon Town and began to establish himself in the side, scoring 5 goals in ten matches, but on 15 December, while playing for Swansea in a match against Southend United he sustained injury to an ankle ligament after a heavy tackle by Lewis Hunt.

Wrist

The English word "wrist" is etymologically derived from the ancient German word wristiz from which are derived modern German rist ("instep", "wrist") and modern Swedish vrist ("instep", "ankle").


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