Sprained ankles and broken ankles can both cause considerable pain and affect walking, but they are different injuries. A sprained ankle occurs when the ligaments—tough cords that support the ...

A sprain is a tear to one or more ligaments, while a fracture is a break in one of the bones in the ankle. It can be ...

Drake Powell was sidelined Sunday against the Toronto Raptors at Barclays Center with a right ankle sprain, his third such injury to that ankle this season. The rookie wing suffered the injury in ...