Florham Park, N.J. ? Jets owner Woody Johnson says his respect for Rex Ryan hasn’t diminished “one iota,” a day after the embarrassed coach declined comment about a foot-fetish report posted by the sports website Deadspin.

Four videos of a woman who bears a close resemblance to Ryan’s wife, Michelle, show her displaying her toes to an off-screen cameraman who, in one video, sounds a lot like the coach. Ryan said Wednesday the situation was a “personal matter.”

Johnson says Thursday he spoke with Ryan and also declined to go into details, saying, “He’s still the coach of the New York Jets.”

NFL

Colts RB Addai expects to play

Indianapolis — Colts running back Joseph Addai expects to return Sunday at Oakland after missing the past eight games with a nerve injury in his left shoulder, the first positive news on the injury front for Indianapolis in quite a while.

“I feel like it’s a great chance. I feel like I’m heading in the right direction,” Addai said Thursday, one day after participating fully in practice. “I felt good. I didn’t set myself back. Really, I’m just happy to put on a uniform and just get back into it.”

Vikings’ Peterson hopes to play

Eden Prairie, Minn. — Adrian Peterson is not concerned that playing on a bruised thigh would cause long-term damage, and he hopes to be on the field this weekend against Philadelphia.

With the Vikings out of the playoff hunt, Peterson was asked on Thursday if he considered shutting it down the rest of the season to avoid further injury. He says that is not a consideration and he wants to play in the final two games.

McNabb’s agent fires back

Ashburn, Va. — Donovan McNabb’s agent says the “tension” between the quarterback and Washington coach Mike Shanahan and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is due to McNabb’s suggestions for improving the Redskins’ offense.

Fletcher Smith said in a statement Thursday that the Shanahans have made comments that go beyond disrespectful and that were “unprecedented for a six-time Pro Bowl quarterback such as Donovan.”

McNabb, who has declined requests for comment this week, was benched before last Sunday’s game against Dallas and told by Mike Shanahan that he would not play for the remainder of the season.

Smith says in the statement that the Shanahans — “both Mike and more specifically Kyle” — have made the quarterback’s relationship with Washington difficult to maintain.

Jets’ Sanchez a game-time decision

Florham Park, N.J. — The New York Jets might have to try to clinch a playoff spot this weekend without Mark Sanchez.

Jets coach Rex Ryan said Thursday that Sanchez’s sore shoulder is worse than he first thought, though he still expects the quarterback to start Sunday at Chicago. If not, 40-year-old Mark Brunell would be under center.

“This one could be more of a game-time type decision than I thought it would be,” Ryan said.

49ers going back to Troy Smith

Santa Clara, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers are going back to Troy Smith as their starting quarterback while leaving open the possibility they might switch to Alex Smith at any time.

Coach Mike Singletary said Thursday that Troy Smith will start Sunday’s pivotal NFC West game against the St. Louis Rams in place of Alex Smith, who started San Francisco’s last two games.

Broncos LB cited in alleged assault

Denver — Broncos Pro Bowl linebacker Elvis Dumervil has been cited for assault and disturbing the peace for an alleged run-in with a security guard at Invesco Field.

Denver court records show the reported incident happened on Oct. 24, the day the Broncos were blown out 59-14 by the Oakland Raiders.

Dumervil’s lawyer, Harvey Steinberg, told The Associated Press the linebacker forgot his credentials and a guard wouldn’t allow him into a players’ parking lot, despite Dumervil showing his driver’s license.

NBA

O.J. Mayo’s father charged

Huntington, W.Va. — The father of Memphis Grizzlies player O.J. Mayo was charged with attempted murder Thursday after he hit a police officer with his car and dragged him for several feet, police said.

Two officers were searching for someone else at about 3:30 a.m. when they saw 39-year-old Kenneth Maurice Ziegler of Huntington in a vehicle trying to hide, police said. When they confronted him, he put the vehicle into gear, drove into one of the officers and dragged him, they said.

Police chased the vehicle for several miles through a Huntington neighborhood before disabling it with spike strips. Ziegler was captured after a short foot chase and charged with attempted murder, two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, obstructing, fleeing in a vehicle and fleeing on foot, police said.

In other NBA news:

— Orlando Magic rookie center Daniel Orton is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.Orton is not expected to begin practicing again until at least February.

Baseball

Steinbrenner FBI file released

Washington — Newly released documents show Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox expressed “extreme interest” in a 1970s criminal investigation of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions.

Then-FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley echoed Cox’s concern in an Aug. 16, 1973, memo to the bureau’s Cleveland office, saying agents needed to make sure the probe received “the same, immediate and preferred handling” as other criminal cases then growing from the Watergate scandal.

The memos were included in a 400-page release Thursday of Steinbrenner’s FBI file. Most of the material focused on the Watergate-era federal probe that led to the shipbuilding magnate’s 1974 conviction for illegal contributions to disgraced President Richard M. Nixon. There are scant references to Steinbrenner’s later pardon by President Ronald Reagan and nothing on his turbulent career as the Yankees’ “Boss.”

Women’s basketball

Taurasi tests positive for stimulant

New York — The lawyer for WNBA standout Diana Taurasi tells The Associated Press that the former UConn star has tested positive for a mild stimulant while playing in a pro basketball league overseas.

Howard Jacobs said Thursday night that Taurasi’s A sample came back positive from a Turkish lab and she was provisionally suspended by the Turkish league she’s playing in. Taurasi has requested that her B sample be tested.

Jacobs said the substance “was not a steroid or recreational drug,” however he refused to identify it.