New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul?had surgery Wednesday morning to repair a sports hernia and his injured groin and is likely to be sidelined for the rest of the regular season, a source told ESPN.Recovery time is expected to be at least six weeks, the source said, which would keep Pierre-Paul sidelined until the conference championship round.Losing Pierre-Paul, who is a free agent at the end of the season, is significant for the Giants (8-4). He was having a comeback season after losing his right index finger and parts of several others in a Fourth of July weekend fireworks accident in 2015.Pierre-Paul posted a picture from the hospital on social media Wednesday morning.Later Wednesday morning he tweeted that the surgery went well.He suffered the groin injury in Sundays loss to the?Pittsburgh Steelers. There was some optimism after an initial MRI that Pierre-Paul didnt have a sports hernia and surgery wasnt necessary. That changed after his visit Tuesday to Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia.The Giants, who are preparing for an NFC East showdown Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, seemed resigned late Tuesday to the idea that they would be without Pierre-Paul for some time.Like I said, its going to be tough. Its going to be tough without him, defensive captain and starting linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. But next person up. We have to move on. It is what it is.Pierre-Paul, 27, had 53 tackles and seven sacks in 12 games this season. He led the Giants and was second in the NFL with eight batted passes.The only defensive lineman to play more snaps than Pierre-Paul (753) this season is teammate Olivier Vernon (768), according to ESPN Stats & Information.Kerry Wynn?could stand to gain playing time with Pierre-Paul out. Wynn started seven games last season, including six when Pierre-Paul was out after his fireworks accident, but he had the second-most snaps among any defensive end in the NFL without a sack in 2015 (554), according to ESPN Stats & Information.Wynn has 0.5 sacks this season in 85 snaps. Cheap Air Max Black Friday 2019 . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining. Black Friday Nike Shoes 2019 . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. http://www.shoesnikewholesale.com/ .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Nike Shoes Outlet 2019 . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Deals Nike Shoes . Those lessons were more than enough to overwhelm the Utah Jazz. Lou Williams scored 25 points and the Hawks continued their offensive upswing as they rolled to an easy 118-85 victory over the Jazz on Friday night, winning their third straight and for the fourth time in five games. Scrum-half Tavis Knoyle has left the Cardiff Blues to take up a contract with the Dragons.He swaps one Welsh region for another with immediate effect and will vie with Sarel Pretorious and Charlie Davies for a starting spot at the Dragons.I am delighted to be joining the Dragons and am excited by the obvious potential in the region, Knoyle said.I am also looking forward to working hard, contributing to the onngoing development of the squad and challenging for a place in the starting fifteen.dddddddddddd?Dragons coach Kingsley Jones said Knoyle, who has 11 caps for Wales, is a quality player and will add strength to their resources at half-back after they lost Luc Jones to Harlequins.? ' ' '