31.   Instead, Jones continued to hobble Friday on his injured left ankle, which he hurt in his long-awaited first NFL start last Sunday against the Broncos.

32.   It is widely believed that Ripken played through painful injuries, including a badly injured ankle to maintain his streak of consecutive games played.

33.   Linebacker Errick Herrin left afternoon practice with an injured ankle.

34.   Mateen Cleaves limping back on the court, his injured right ankle heavily taped but his spirit so overwhelming that the entire RCA Dome could feel it.

35.   Mike Morton, a backup linebacker and special teams player, will have the cast removed from his injured ankle this week.

36.   Nose guard Ken Kocher played sparingly because of an injured ankle, and linebacker Robert Thomas had one tackle and two assists in limited time.

37.   Once, when he had a cast on his injured ankle, she was assisting him in dressing.

38.   Only minutes before, Strug had been flying through the air and off the vault with an injured left ankle.

39.   Plus All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki left late in the game after tweaking a previously injured right ankle.

40.   Rangers closer John Wetteland underwent a second magnetic-resonance-imaging test for his injured right ankle yesterday.