ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ...

• "I'm proud of this team for making a playoff statement this big this early." — Msticco

(Re: Boston Celtics)

Previous ESPN Featured Comment of the Day, plus a Featured Deadspin Response or two ...

• "Sapp should have retired officially on a different day than Favre. He's now a footnote." — Anonymous325

• John McCain should have locked up the nomination on another day, today he's just a footnote. — Mr. Pennsylvania

• Will should have interviewed John Rocker in a different book. Now it's just footnotes.
/GSTFBookTour2008 — Lindsay Lohans Left Boob

• ESPN should have tried a different gimmick than Featured Comments of the Day. They're now a laughingstock. — NovakAintNoJokovic

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