christina: time for sports with russ, he sat down for a great talk with jason pierre-paul. russ: his situation, his fireworks accident on july 4 is well documented, he lost his right index finger and part of his thumb, but true to his word he said -- he said he would be back, he came back and he came back to make an impact on the field, you know i sat down with him to talk about not just coming back but battle, what it, it took to come back. >> not one day did i question happen to people, every day. but, i am in the public eye. i am jace op jason pierre-paul, this is new york city, one of the greatest cities in the world, it so happened. you know, news flashes and whatever. i am very happy, that i am where i am at right now, i'm doing great things, i will be 27 on january 1st, the sky is the limit. russ: after you had the accident, talk was it helps put his life in perspective, your father's lines. he has never seen. >> you never. russ: i don't think you need anything to put life in perspective for you. >> right there is as it all, my dad never saw me before. you know he do

i'm jason pierre-paul. this is new york city. one of the greatest cities in the world. you know, and just so happened i'm the talk of the town and news flashes, paperworks, whatever. i'm very happy where i'm at right now. i'm doing great things and like i say i'm 26 this year. i will be 27 january 1st, sky's the limit. i'm in my prime. >> after you had the accident, talk was all of this puts your jason, your father's blind. >> uh-huh. >> never seen you. >> never seen me at all. >> i don't think you need anything to put life in per executive for you. >> that says it all. my family is a strong family. my dad never saw me before. he doesn't even know what i look like. one thing i can say, he never gave up anything you know. he still cooked for us. when my mom was working, you know, we moved from house to house. you know, he had to learn a whole new house. so you know, basically, up here. you know, up here, and here, you're loyal and would do anything it takes. my dad was my role model growing up. i didn't have a role model growing up. i feel like this injury happened, i fe

jason pierre paul is playing well after a fireworks accident off season. >> he had no preseason. he was determined to improve and to play better and he did. and he is a strong rallying point for our team. football? catch the giants-dolphins monday. kick off is set for 8:30. knicks are out west where they open a road trip against the jazz. new york dropped six of the last eight games but hopes a change of scenery could help them get back on track. the warriors simply refuse to lose. last night they held off a late pacers rally to be undefeated. thompson was better. he finished with 39 points. next they are in boston friday night. saint johns basketball team is on the court looking for the first win struck since the first three games of the season. tonight looking for a second straight win. johnson, the take away, gets up to morrisania who finishes with the lay-up. the saint johns is leading in finally a buzzard beating shot is impressive. to win a game better. this is crazy. this is a game they are about to lose by two points until this. full court hail mary. viral video sensation

. >> jon: off the edge, and jason pierre-paul, to the inside. tom coughlin going down on the sideline. let's hope he's all right. third down and eight, giants struggling to get their rushers fullback, checking in to rush the passer. watch out for the spin moves, mike. >> mike: play clock running down. in time, tannehill gets it off. he has time, but nobody is open. scrambles, throws, caught by landry at the 45 yard line. first down and a pickup of 25. >> jon: what a great job by tannehill, on third and eight, in the pocket. keeps his eyes down the field. that's how you react to a quarterback that's scrambling. watch landry. sees the quarterback in trouble. breaks off his pattern, comes back for a critical first down. >> mike: two receivers, big play needed in the fourth. read option, tannehill, turning the corner. collins made the hit. >> jon: you are going to take shots when you take these zone reads. going to be a keep, they read the end man on the line of scrimmage. tannehill takes off to the outside, you're going to take some hits. let's see

talk about lessons, there's jason pierre-paul. glad he's alive, forget about football. the giants keep fighting. the jets right on track led by a journey man. changed by a locker room smack. not just a bruise, that bone, it was cracked. the previous coach shuffled upstatement hockey's been good, all locals make run. the belmont saw history, didn't let us down. farrow did it, won that triple crown. then that tall latvian called porzingis. let's have a parade, some big story, you've heard a few in the short time we had, the best we could do. until next year, of course, next christmas eve night. >> a merry christmas to all, and to all a good night. >> merry christmas to you, coach, and to you. >> so now we count down to 2016 for new york fans what. it will mean? a championship run for all would be fun. so two text dark knight, go bring us the crown so you can have a merry christmas. >>> that is the news for now. i'm shirleen allicott. christmas.

and here's an interesting one they searched pierre paul hand after football player jason pierre pauloff part of his hand in the fire works accident. delaware's hottest topic was pope francis vice witt former tone general beau by hen died in may. they searched amtrak a lot. in pennsylvania people wanted to know about the royal baby, new rocky movie creed and this is my favorite they searched john snow dead wonder if he is really gone and super dork who read books and watched the show. >> what do you think about that being the most googled because that surprised me. >> they love game of thrones. >> over football. >> and royal baby. >> and royal babe a. >> we have to move on from that one from that royal baby. >> we will be right back. that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ >>> it has happened again another hoverboard burst into flames. >> and thinks is what left of it. family in brentwood, california said they bought the the hoverboard just last week, family member stepped on it while it was charging and it started to pop he dragged it f

. >>> jason pierre paul is going to need more surgery in the off- season on his right hand, in shops of shedding that club next season. he says he wants to be back with big blue. as for tom coughlin, who knows if he will be back, but he's taken a very business-like >> to be honest, this is the 16th game of the season, that's what i'm focused on. i won't let myself go in those other directions, because we have a job to do. and that's what we're going to do. all of these other issues will clear up in time and not before that. >>> brandon johnson, another pro bowl appearance. breaking jet records, still left and right, but still hasn't played the playoffs in his career. he can do that with a win in buffalo, and he wants to soak this all in. >> life in sports, you've just going to focus on the here and now. you get to enjoy it. if you're thinking down the road, you're not really enjoying this moment. i want to enjoy it. these are memories that you'll have, and that will mean the most, it's not about the money, it's not about the thing. it's about the experiences, and things that you've a

. >>> jason pierre-paul will need more surgery in the off season on his right hand. he says he wants to be back with big blue. as for coughlin, who knows if he will be back but he is taking a business like coach on sunday. >> to be honest, this is the 16th game of the season and i'm focused there. i won't let myself go in those other directions because we have a job to do. that's all we are going to do. all these other issues will clear up in time and not before that. >> that's tom coughlin always very business like. you know, he is taking the right approach. guys just getting ready to play this game everything else will shake out. two time super bowl champion, i was hoping that he would be able to call his own shot when he wanted to retire but it may not be in his hands after now. so we'll see what happens on sunday and then monday and after that. >> we'll be back after this. >> closed captioning on cbs 2 news is brought to you by: five meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable call now