[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ankle Breaker" (Basketball Dribbling Technique)

[Shapiro, Fred]

ankle breaker (OED, 3., 2001)

1998 Philadelphia Inquirer 18 Apr. C3/4 (Newspapers.com)

[Allen] Iverson counts as his single biggest thrill that ankle-breaker of a double-crossover move he laid on [Michael] Jordan.

Fred Shapiro

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