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Sports Illustrated
Dan Gartland

Al Michaels Believes He’s Living Proof ‘Man Does Not Need Vegetables to Survive’

Al Michaels is famous for a lot of things. He delivered the iconic “Do you believe in miracles?” call at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He’s called World Series, Super Bowls and NBA Finals as one of the most prominent voices in American sports over the past five decades. But he’s also famous for one very peculiar dietary hangup. 

Michaels does not eat vegetables. Or, to be more precise, he claims to have never eaten a vegetable. 

“If I died right now, I might be the human being who lived the longest without ever eating a vegetable,” Michaels told The New York Times in 2012. 

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