Durant sprains ankle in preseason game
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Kevin Durant, the second overall choice in the NBA draft, left the arena using crutches and was wearing a soft boot after spraining his left ankle late in the SuperSonics' exhibition game loss to Golden State on Tuesday night.
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Terrell Owens was still limping Monday on his sprained left ankle and his status for the Dallas Cowboys' playoff game next weekend was uncertain, though some teammates expect him to play.
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SAN ANTONIO Â· A year ago, Dwyane Wade was sidelined by injury three games into the season. Having missed 21 games as a rookie due to a variety of ailments, Wade struck a familiar street-clothes
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Dirk Nowitzki missed the Dallas Mavericks' game against Minnesota on Monday night and likely will miss three or four more because of a sprained ankle, adding the team's best player to an already lengthy list of hobbling players.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Steve Hailey says he has suffered and played through sprained ankles before. "But I think this might be the worst one, so far," said the Boston College sophomore guard after he hobbled out of the visitors' locker room on crutches following yesterday's 73-53 victory at West Virginia.
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Miami Heat centre Shaquille O&#39;Neal was held out of last night&#39;s game against the Boston Celtics because of a bruised left calf.
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The NBA's second-leading scorer has played in every game for the Los Angeles Lakers this season despite having soreness in his left foot. He won't play in at least their next five, however. Kobe Bryant suffered a severely sprained right ankle Thursday night and the Lakers said yesterday they won't know exactly how long he'll be out for another 72 ...
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Kellen Winslow Jr. broke his right leg during the Cleveland Browns&#39; loss against Dallas and is expected to miss a major portion of his rookie season.
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Allen Iverson will miss the All-Star Game because of a sprained right ankle that has bothered him for two weeks.
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Lakers star Kobe Bryant sustained what the team called a severely sprained right ankle midway through the first quarter of Thursday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and had to be helped off the court.
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Cleveland rookie tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. sustained an apparent ankle injury at the end of the Browns' 19-12 loss to Dallas on Sunday.
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Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony sprained his right ankle after a hard fall in the third quarter Saturday night against the Houston Rockets.
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Grizzlies point guard Jason Williams went on the injured list with a sprained right ankle before Tuesday night's game against the Knicks.
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Dallas Mavericks guard Michael Finley was placed on the injured list Thursday with a sprained right ankle.
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Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups missed Saturday night's game against the Utah Jazz because of a sprained ankle.
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Scot Pollard's status is still a question mark. The Celtics' new big man sprained his left ankle over the summer and missed all but the past two days of camp.
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Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal is expected to be placed on the injured list prior to the beginning of the regular season as he continues to suffer from a sore left foot.