Word hit news outlets hard recently that former Miami Heat star Glen Rice and former Alaska governor and one-time VP hopeful Sarah Palin had a one-night fling back in the ‘80s.

With the upcoming release of a new tell-all book called The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin dropping next Tuesday, many are scratching their heads, wondering if there’s any truth to writer Joe McGinniss’ claim that she and the 44-year-old All-Star MVP hooked up when she was a young sports reporter and he was a basketball star at the University of Michigan.

Breaking his silence, Palin's husband released a statement to The Miami Herald about the author, saying, "This is a man who has been relentlessly stalking my family to the point of moving in right next door to us to harass us and spy on us to satisfy his creepy obsession with my wife. His book is full of disgusting lies, innuendo, and smears.’”

It’s probably a darn good read, too.

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