Time, Inc., a New York Corporation, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Neil Johnston, Appellee-Cross-Appellant

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The defendant is the publisher of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, a weekly periodical devoted to sports and athletics. Annually, it features its selection of “Sportsman of the Year”. In 1968, it chose Bill Russell, a star on the professional basketball team of the Boston CELTICS, as its “Sportsman of the Year” and engaged George Plimpton, a well-known writer, especially in the field of sports, to write the feature article. In developing his article, Plimpton chose to quote from interviews he had had with persons acquainted with Russell and his exceptional talents as a…