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Lin-sanity Redux: His injury has sparked a corporate feud.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-knicks-lin-mediaCablevision and Madison Square Garden are pushing back against criticism that news of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin’s knee injury was withheld until after a playoff ticket-buying deadline had passed, saying the accusations are part of a “campaign of intimidation and extortion” by publisher Mort Zuckerman to bring about a merger between the operations of two local newspapers....
In Monday’s edition, New York Daily News writer Frank Isola said medical testing had shown the injury to Lin’s left knee earlier in the week but the team held off announcing it to get past the deadline for season ticket holders to buy playoff tickets for all rounds.
“It was two days before the deadline when Lin and the Knicks’ medical staff learned that the second-year point guard/cash cow was suffering from a torn meniscus in his left knee and that he wouldn’t be jumping for joy anytime soon,” Isola wrote.
In a statement, Cablevision said the story was an attempt at provocation. The company called out Daily News publisher Zuckerman, saying he was trying to get a merger between that paper and Newsday, the Long Island paper owned by Cablevision.
