Who better to ask about sports figures and super heroes than Hugh Jackman? Wolverine himself stopped by ESPN to talk about athletes we all know and love and didn’t hold anything back.
Hugh Jackman tells us which sports figures are mutants
Takes one to know one.


James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
“Michael Jordan is one of the best pieces of evidence that mutants exist.”
We’re right there with you, Hugh. Especially when Michael insists on dressing like this.
Photo via Streeter Lecka -- Getty Images
It was a basketball-centric look at mutants from Mr. Jackman, who also named LeBron James and Kevin Durant. He said KD had an “alter ego” where he’d let the beast out.












