Brett Favre had lots of fun with his un-retirement. He jerked around his old bosses for a month, inspired an army of ESPN reporters to track his every movement and then landed in New York to the delight of long-suffering Jets fans.

But now comes the hard part: actually playing football.

Favre hit his first wall at Jets camp Wednesday. “I felt 38 today,” Favre told reporters. “I’m not going to lie to you.”

His arm felt fatigued. So did his legs.

And the mental aspect of training camp is also grueling, especially for a quarterback joining a new team in the middle of camp.

“I wondered this morning when I got up, ‘What in the heck am I doing?’” Favre said. “The answer to that question is I love to play. I hate to study. At times, I hate to practice, but I love to play. I know I need to study and I know I need to practice and I know how important it is. That doesn’t mean I have to like it. The question I have to ask myself is am I willing to do that? And the answer is yes.”

Is Favre really excited about playing in New York? That wasn’t his first choice, but the Packers didn’t throw out the “welcome back” mat for him and refused to trade him within the NFC.

“People can say what they want,” Favre said. “Yeah, there were discussions about me going elsewhere before I came here and all that. I am happy to be here. I really am. It’s a lot different from what I’m used to. Did I ever think it would end up this way? Umm, no. But it’s not over yet and I’m excited.”

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

Questions to ponder while wondering if the resurgent Brewers will ever lose another game:

• On the other hand, will the once-proud Braves ever win another game?
• Given all their injuries, isn’t it amazing that the Cardinals didn’t end up like Atlanta this season?
• Say, was that Nomar Garciaparra winning a game for the Dodgers on Wednesday night? Didn’t he retire a couple of years ago?

TENACIOUS EX-WIVE OF WEEK

Laura Andrassy got a $107 million settlement in her divorce from Greg Norman. So that should make her set for life, right?

Wrong. She went to court seeking a piece of the media deals Norman struck with outlets covering his marriage to Chris Evert. Published reports say their wedding photos fetched seven figures.

Norman’s attorney, Martin Haines, countered with this claim: “It is sent simply to harass the former husband and is a deliberate attempt to invade the privacy rights of the former husband.”

ALL IN THE SERVICE OF HER COUNTRY

U.S. middle distance runner Kara Goucher is a looker. She is also a writer, at least during the Olympics. She has been filing updates for the Duluth News Tribune to keep folks back home in the loop.

The gang at Deadspin noted this passage about the opening ceremonies:

“Then we had a two-hour wait until we actually marched in. At this point, athletes started mingling and I met Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd. I got my picture with all of them. They were all very nice and asked me about running track. One of them actually ended up asking for my number, and chatting me up for a while, and got out his camera to take a picture with me, but that’s a story for another time.”

Goucher is married, but you have to admire the Redeem Team. Everybody in this group is willing to take the big shot.

For more on Goucher and her marriage, check this out:

Tipsheet enjoyed that clip . . . while eating another brownie.

QUIPS ‘R US

Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:

Steve Rosenbloom, ChicagoSports.com: “I don’t think Cubs fans ought to like the Diamondbacks’ acquisition of Adam Dunn, sort of answering the Dodgers’ trade of equally ill-equipped defensive left fielder Manny Ramirez, give or take a bathroom break. Here’s why: The Ramirez deal gave the Dodgers a chance to catch the Diamondbacks in the dogbreath NL West, but with another bat, the D-backs look like the better team and could still show up in the playoffs to annihilate the Cubs with Brandon Webb, Dan Haren and Randy Johnson.”

Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “An Ohio University senior offensive lineman, Michael Enyon, won $250,000 in a state lottery. Which sounds like it probably violates about 6,437 NCAA rules.”

Jerry Greene, Orlando Sentinel: “Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is proposing an 80,000-seat football stadium to permanently host the Super Bowl and all Monday Night Football games. I’ll give him a 100-to-1 that will never fly.”

Dan Daly, Washington Times: “Did you see some of our Olympians - cyclists and triathletes - have been wearing black masks over their noses and mouths to ‘combat’ the poor air quality in Beijing? Unfortunately, when they removed their masks, people still didn’t know who they were.”

MEGAPHONE

”From Day 1, we’ve been way ahead of last year.”

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, serving fair warning to the rest of the NFL.