Word: clay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pleased with us today," said Noriega, who recently claimed the DuPont Intercollegiate National Clay Court championship. "We played well, and held our serve the entire match...
...dresses in a rhinestone-studded leather jacket, fills his routines with obscenities and has offended more people than any other stand-up comic since Lenny Bruce. The perfect guest host for NBC's cutting-edge comedy series Saturday Night Live? Well, Andrew Dice Clay may have looked good on paper. But when the Diceman cameth, two performers bowed out, and the show endured perhaps the most tumultuous week in its controversy-filled 15-year history...
...boycott began when Nora Dunn, a cast member since 1985, announced she would not share the stage with Clay, in protest against his foul-mouthed material denigrating women, homosexuals and minority groups. Two days later, singer Sinead O'Connor, whose song Nothing Compares 2 U is No. 1 on the Billboard charts, backed out of her guest appearance. Said O'Connor: "It shows disrespect to women that Saturday Night Live expected me to perform on the same show as Andrew Dice Clay...
...Other musical guests, the Spanic Boys and Julee Cruise, were hired to replace O'Connor. The writers pulled all-nighters to come up with new material playing off the controversy. Just before airtime on Saturday night, police had to clear chanting protesters from the lobby of the NBC studios. Clay, after fending off some hecklers during his opening monologue, promised to mind his mouth: "What do I need -- more p.r.? I couldn't get more p.r. if I took out my penis and wrapped it around a microphone stand." However, during one sketch in which he played a father counseling...
Leading off for the 17th-ranked Toreros (21-5) will be the sixth-ranked singles player in the nation, Jose Luis Noriega, who is 27-4 in singles action this season and claimed the national championship in the fall with a win in the DuPont Intercollegiate National Clay Court Championship...