Unattributed FR rumor:
Clancy took a bath in his divorce and will sign anythig for dough.
Clancy divorced his first wife, Wanda, in 1998 after 27-29 years of marriage (depending on which source you use). The divorce became much more public than TC ever would have liked because of his simultaneous attempts to purchase the Minnesota Vikings. According to Mr. Showbiz News, Mrs. Clancy had filed for divorce two years prior (1996) with the reason given in her petition being that her husband had "committed adultery with one Katherine Huang," who was a New York assistant district attorney he supposedly met on the Internet. This was also reported in MSN Entertainment here. Along with his personal life, Clancy's financial data became public as a result of the Vikings purchase attempt. An article, written by WCCO of Minneapolis, provides many of the details and is available here: Paper Probes Clancy Cash Crunch.
I saw it reported via a link to a TV station site; can't remember where I git the link tho', maybe Drudge. Yes, it's seems Clancy will associate himself with many books, then the publishers put his name in the big fonts on the cover.