1.   He anticipates playing, and never mind that he expects his ankle to bother him the rest of this season.

2.   He said his ankle was bothering him a little bit, but he backed off.

3.   Her ankles had been bothering her, and she had not been able to do her really slick tricks.

4.   Kenny Anderson will go on the injured list because his right ankle is still bothering him.

5.   The ankle still bothered him when he took a red-eye to New Jersey to work out for the Nets, a workout that led to a job.

6.   Was his ankle bothering him?

7.   Walker said his ankle bothers him only a little, mostly on back-to-back games.

8.   Lewis admitted his ankle was bothering him.