1.   I sat down and he stretched out on the foot of the bed, circling her left ankle with one hand.

2.   In the second game against Atlanta, he injured his left ankle and was inactive the rest of the season.

3.   The way Strug fought off numbing pain in her left ankle after a fall on her second-to-last vault.

4.   The result was a severely sprained left ankle which left me unable to walk.

5.   Alomar was sidelined for most of spring training after aggravating a left ankle injury during a charity basketball game during the offseason.

6.   Also, shortstop Nomar Garciaparra sprained his left ankle in the other split-squad game here and is day-to-day.

7.   Although he rolled his left ankle Saturday night, he showed little effects of the pain.

8.   An MRI exam Tuesday revealed that Alomar has a severe sprain and a slightly chipped bone in his left ankle.

9.   An opportunity arose for MacKenzie since previous starter LaVale Woods is out indefinitely with a sprained left ankle.

10.   And backup center Evan Eschmeyer was on the injured list with a sprained left ankle the last time the Mavericks met the Spurs.