Summer Olympics guide

How to watch all Texas Olympians compete in Paris from home in Dallas

Dallas' Sha'Carri Richardson is going for gold, along with the title of "World's Fastest Woman."

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It’s finally time to light the cauldron and let the 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin.

The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will run July 26-August 11 in Paris, and the Lone Star State has some of its biggest superstar athletes competing for Team USA. In fact, of the nearly 600 American athletes on the team, more than 40 hail from Texas.

They include major headliners like Houston’s Simone Biles, Dallas’ Sha’Carri Richardson, San Antonio’s Fred Kerley, and Austin's Gabby Thomas, along with the youngest member of Team USA, 16-year-old Plano gymnast Hezly Rivera, and a competitor in the all-new sport of breaking, Jeffrey "B-boy Jeffro" Louis of Houston. (And some pretty famous wings from Dallas.)

There are as many ways (and places) to watch these hometown hopefuls as there are reasons to cheer them on. Here’s a basic primer on Olympic broadcast and streaming coverage from Paris (which is seven hours ahead of Texas):

All coverage will be on NBC-owned channels, streaming services, and sites, including USA, E!, CNBC, The Golf Channel, and Telemundo.
Every event will be streamed live via Peacock (PeacockTV.com/Olympics), as well as NBCOlympics.com, the NBC app, and the NBC Olympics app. Peacock makes it easy to search by sport, save events to “My Stuff,” and set reminders.
NBC will carry at least nine hours of live event coverage starting each morning and continuing into the afternoon. Primetime in Paris will show competitions in the evening, and late-night coverage will continue after local news.
Full event replays will be available on the NBCOlympics.com Replays hub.
A guide at NBCOlympics.com schedule page can be filtered by sport, event, top athletes and topics like Must See, Team USA, Top Stars and Medal Events. There's also a toggle to show schedule info for "TV & Digital" or "TV Only."
Find more information about special shows, hosts, and more here.

Below is a list of every Team USA athlete who calls Texas home, by birth or current residence - and at least one way to watch their qualifying events live. (Note that: 1. The list does not include every Texas college athlete or those representing other countries, 2. Information is as of press time; check listings for most up-to-date information, and 3. Yes, soccer and rugby really do start two days early, on July 24.)

Now, on your mark, get set, Go Team USA!

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

Simone Biles, Spring
Events: Women’s Team Gymnastics
Watch: Women’s Team Qualification - July 28, 4:40 am on Peacock and E!; 6 pm on NBC

Simone Biles, Paris 2024 Olympics Simone Biles practices on balance beam at Gymnastic Training Centre of Le Bourget on July 23. Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images

Jordan Chiles, Conroe
Events: Women’s Team Gymnastics
Watch: Women’s Team Qualification - July 28, 4:40 am on Peacock and E!; 6 pm on NBC

Hezly Rivera, Plano
Events: Women’s Team Gymnastics
Watch: Women’s Team Qualification - July 28, 4:40 am on Peacock and E!; 6 pm on NBC

At 16, Plano's Hezly Rivera is the youngest member of Team USA. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

Asher Hong, Plano/Tomball
Events: Men’s Team All-Around Gymnastics
Watch: Men’s Team Qualification - July 27, 4 am on Peacock and E!; 7 pm on NBC

Note: A complete schedule of Women’s and Men’s Gymnastics team and individual competitions can be found here.

Track & Field

Joseph Brown, Mansfield
Events: Men's Discus Throw
Watch: August 5 - 3:10 am on Peacock

Joseph Brown, discus, Olympian Mansfield's Joseph Brown wows the world with his discus throwing. Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Sha’Carri Richardson, Dallas
Events: Women's 100m, Women's 4 x 100m Relay, Women's 200m
Watch: (100m heats) August 2 - 3 am on Peacock and E!, 9 am and 7 pm on NBC; (Relay heats) August 8 - 3 am on Peacock, 8 am on NBC; (200m heats) August 4 - 3 am on Peacock and USA

Jasmine Moore, Grand Prairie
Events: Women's Long Jump, Women's Triple Jump
Watch: (Long Jump heats) August 6 - 4:15 am on Peacock; (Triple Jump heats) August 2 - 11:15 am on Peacock

Grand Prairie's Jasmine Moore will compete in both Long Jump and Triple Jump.Getty Images

Gabby Thomas, Austin
Events: Women’s 200m
Watch: August 4 - 3:55 am on Peacock and USA

Alaysha Johnson, Spring
Events: Women's 100m Hurdles
Watch: August 7 - 3:15 am on Peacock and USA

Brynn King, The Woodlands
Events: Women's Pole Vault
Watch: August 5 - 3:40 am on Peacock

Bryce Deadmon, Houston
Events: 4 x 400m Relay Mixed
Watch: August 2 - 12:10 pm on Peacock and E!

Jacob Wooten, Tomball
Events: Men's Pole Vault
Watch: August 3 - 3:10 am on Peacock

Jarrion Lawson, Texarkana
Events: Men's Long Jump
Watch: August 4 - 4 am on Peacock

Taliyah Brooks, Wichita Falls
Events: Women's Heptathlon
Watch: August 8 - 3 am on USA and Peacock

Bryce Hoppel, Midland
Events: Men's 800m
Watch: August 7 - 4:45 am on Peacock and USA; 8:20 am on NBC

Fred Kerley, San Antonio
Events: Men's 100m, Men's 4 x 100m Relay
Watch: (100m heats) August 3, 3:35 am on Peacock and E!; (4 x 100m Relay heats) August 8 - 4:35 am on Peacock and 8 am on NBC

Breaking

Jeffrey Louis, Houston
Events: B-Boys
Watch: August 10 - 9 am on Peacock; 9:30 am on E!

Jeffrey "B-boy Jeffro" Louis, breaking Jeffrey "B-boy Jeffro" Louis of Houston will compete in the first-ever Olympic Breaking event.Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images

Swimming

Nic Fink, Dallas
Events: Men's 100m Breaststroke
Watch: July 27 - 4 am on USA and Peacock

David Johnston, Dallas
Events: Men's 1500m Freestyle, Men's 10km (open water)
Watch: August 3 - 4 am on Peacock and USA; August 9, 12:30 am on Peacock and USA

Matt King, Frisco
Events: Men’s 4x100 Freestyle Relay
Watch: July 27 - 4 am on Peacock and USA

Simone Manuel, Sugar Land
Events: Women's 50m Freestyle
Watch: August 3 - 4 am on Peacock and USA

Shaine Casas, McAllen
Events: Men's 200m Individual Medley
Watch: August 1 - 4 am on Peacock and USA

Golf

Scottie Scheffler, Dallas
Events: Men's Individual Stroke Play
Watch: August 1 - 5 am on Golf Channel

Scottie Scheffler at 2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play Scottie Scheffler is a favorite to bring home the gold in golf. Photo courtesy of PGA Tour

Volleyball

Chiaka Ogbogu, Coppell
Events: Women's Team Volleyball
Watch: July 29 - 10 am on USA and 4 pm on NBC

Avery Skinner, Katy
Events: Women's Team Volleyball
Watch: July 29 - 10 am on USA and 4 pm on NBC

Basketball

Hailey Van Lith, Fort Worth (TCU)
Events: Women’s Basketball (3x3)
Watch: July 30 - 10:30 am on Peacock and NBC

TCU's Hailey Van Lith (right) will compete in Women's 3x3 Basketball.Getty Images

Brittney Griner, Houston
Events: Women’s Basketball (5x5)
Watch: July 29 - 2 pm on USA

Tennis

Austin Krajicek, Allen
Events: Men's Doubles
Watch: July 27 - 5 am on Peacock

Cycling

Grant Koontz, Houston
Events: Men's Omnium
Watch: August 8 - 10 am on Peacock; August 9, 2:30 am on USA

Diving

Kassidy Cook, The Woodlands
Events: Women's Synch. 3m Springboard
Watch: July 27 - 4 am on Peacock and NBC

Sarah Bacon, Kassidy Cook, Olympic diving Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon, always in sync.Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Alison Gibson, Austin
Events: Women's 3m Springboard
Watch: August 7 - 8 am on Peacock and E!

Taekwondo

Jonathan Healy, Spring
Events: Men +80kg
Watch: August 7 - 2:30 am on Peacock

Shooting

Vincent Hancock, Argyle
Events: Skeet Men
Watch: August 3 - 8:30 am on Peacock and 10:45 am on CNBC

Ryann Phillips, Gail
Events: Trap Women
Watch: July 31 - 8:30 am on Peacock

Conner Prince, Burleson
Events: Skeet Men
Watch: August 3 - 8:30 am on Peacock and 10:45 am on CNBC

Austen Smith, Keller
Events: Skeet Women
Watch: August 4 - 8:30 am on Peacock and 1:30 pm on CNBC

Keith Sanderson, San Antonio
Events: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Watch: August 5 - 2:30 am on Peacock and 8:30 pm on USA

Sport Climbing

Sam Watson, Southlake
Events: Men's Speed
Watch: August 6 - 6 am on Peacock and USA

Sam Watson, Speed Climbing Southlake speed climber Sam Watson completes his event in about five seconds.Photo by Claudio Santana/Getty Images

Rowing

Teal Cohen, Dallas
Events: Women's Quadruple Sculls
Watch: July 27 - 2 pm on Peacock and USA

Kaitlin Knifton, Austin
Events: Women's Four
Watch: July 28 - 2 am on Peacock

Soccer

Jaedyn Shaw, Frisco
Events: Women’s Soccer Team
Watch: July 25 - 2 pm on Peacock, 8 pm on USA

Weightlifting

Jourdan Delacruz, Wylie
Events: Women's 49kg
Watch: August 7 - 12:30 pm on Peacock

Field Hockey

Kelsey Bing, Houston
Events: Women’s field hockey
Watch: July 27 - 12:45 on CNBC

Boxing

Joshua Edwards, Houston
Events: Men's +92kg
Watch: July 29 - 4 am on Peacock

Roscoe Hill, Spring
Events: Men’s 51kg
Watch: July 30 - 4 am on Peacock

Jennifer Lozano, Laredo
Events: Women's 50kg
Watch: July 28 - 4 am on Peacock

Rugby

Orrin Bizer, The Woodlands
Events: Men’s Team Rugby
Watch: July 24 - 8 am on Peacock; 10 am and 6 pm on USA

Kevon Williams, Houston
Events: Men’s Team Rugby
Watch: July 24 - 8 am on Peacock; 10 am and 6 pm on USA

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Weekend Event Planner

These are the 15 best things to do in Dallas this weekend

Photo by Joan Marcus

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With the first winter storm of the season (hopefully) behind us, this weekend across Dallas will bring a bevy of great things to do. Choices include a film (and more) festival, six theater productions (including a Broadway tour), a Latin-themed symphony concert, a well-known comedian, a pub-themed concert, a new exhibition from a renowned artist, a concert featuring a classic movie, a K-pop concert, the final days of a D&D experience, and an opera recital.

Below are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend. If you want more options, check out the calendar for an even longer list of the city's best events.

Thursday, January 29

Denton Black Film Festival
The Denton Black Film Festival was created in order to address under-representation in film and media by giving Black stories an audience and Black creatives a platform. Featuring over 95 films, live performances, music, art, tech showcases, and more, highlights include opening night film, Quakertown USA, the documentary Bastards of Soul, the documentary A Portrait of a Postman, and a closing night concert by Kandace Springs. The festival takes place through Sunday at multiple venues in Denton.

Broadway Dallas presents Six
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor queens to pop icons, the six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix 50 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century girl power. The national tour of the Broadway musical will be at the Music Hall at Fair Park through Sunday.

Friday, January 30

Theatre Three presents Deer
Empty-nesters Ken and Cynthia hit a deer while driving to their weekend house in the Poconos. As their lifeless, bloody new pet takes over their lives, Ken and Cynthia will either rekindle their love or kill each other. Deer is a grisly, pitch-black comedy about normal people who snap. The production runs through February 22 in the Theatre Too space at Theatre Three. (NOTE: A scheduled preview performance on January 29 was canceled due to continuing hazardous road conditions.)

The Firehouse Theatre presents Ring of Fire
From Johnny Cash’s iconic songbook comes a unique musical journey through love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the healing power of home and family. It is told through over two dozen of his greatest hits, including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title song. The production runs through February 15. (NOTE: A scheduled preview performance on January 29 was canceled due to continuing hazardous road conditions.)

Garland Civic Theatre presents Curtains
Curtains is a musical whodunnit set in 1959, where the opening night of a new Broadway musical is interrupted by the murder of its leading lady. Detective Frank Cioffi, a fan of musical theatre, must solve the mystery while the show tries to continue. The plot unfolds with a blend of mystery, comedy, and classic musical theatre elements. The production runs through February 15 at Granville Arts Center.

Dallas Theater Center presents Fat Ham
In this regional premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, hit Broadway comedy, Juicy’s got a lot on his plate - his mom just married his uncle. All he wants is to make his own way as a queer Black man in a Southern family. But here’s the rub - his father’s ghost just turned up at a backyard barbecue demanding vengeance. In this delicious and sizzling reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, a young man vows to break the cycles of violence in service of his own liberation and joy. The production runs through February 8 at Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents "La Vida Loca"
"La Vida Loca" celebrates artists like Enrique Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Ricky Martin, and more. Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez, vocalists Ender Thomas and Jackie Mendez, and trumpeter José Sibaja and percussionist Luisito Quintero will join the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a program featuring all-new symphonic arrangements by Lopez-Yañez and Sibaja. There will be three performances through Sunday at Meyerson Symphony Center.

Improv Addison presents Bill Bellamy
Using his experiences growing up in Newark, Bill Bellamy started doing stand-up while he was a student at Rutgers University. His long comedy career has led to multiple roles in both television and movies, including Love Jones, How to Be a Player, Any Given Sunday, and Insecure. He also hosts the podcast Top Billin’ With Bill Bellamy. He'll perform five times through Sunday at Improv Addison.

Majestic Theatre presents The Choir of Man
The Choir of Man offers up 80 minutes of pop, classic rock, folk, Broadway and pub tunes, featuring a cast of nine skilled guys who combine harmonies, singalongs, tap dance, and meditations on the power of community in an homage to that gathering place we all love so much: your local pub. The concert takes place at Majestic Theatre.

Stomping Ground Comedy presents The Last Five Years
An emotionally powerful and intimate musical sprinkled with humor, The Last Five Years tells the bittersweet tale of a relationship between two young artists. Cathy, a struggling actor, starts her tale at the end of the marriage, working backwards through the timeline. Jamie, a literary prodigy, begins his at the onset of the relationship. There will be four performances through February 7 at Stomping Ground Comedy Theater.

Saturday, January 31

Nasher Sculpture Center presents "Roy Lichtenstein in the Studio" opening day
The Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center will co-present works from the joint acquisition of over 50 artworks gifted by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in 2024. At the Nasher, works relating to three sculptures from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection - Head with Blue Shadow, Peace through Chemistry, and Double Glass - will be accompanied by a selection from the Foundation's gift of more than two dozen drawings and maquettes associated with Lichtenstein’s Brushstroke sculptures. The exhibition will remain on display through August 16.

AT&T Performing Arts Center presents Blade Runner Live
At this special event, Ridley Scott’s stylish noir classic, Blade Runner (2007 Final Cut) will screen while Vangelis’ synthesizer-led cult score is performed live by The Avex Ensemble. In the stylish noir thriller, detective Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) must continue as Replicant Hunter following the escape of four Replicants from colonies who’ve returned to earth. His mission, however, is complicated when he falls for Rachel (Sean Young); a Replicant based at the Tyrell Corporation. The screening takes place at Majestic Theatre.

Twice in concert
The nine-member K-pop girl group Twice has been going strong for 10 years after being formed on the Korean reality show Sixteen. Like many other K-pop groups, they have recorded a number of albums in both Korean and Japanese, with their most recent releases being Ten: The Story Goes On (Korean) and Enemy (Japanese), both coming out in 2025. They'll perform on both Saturday and Sunday at American Airlines Center.

Sunday, February 1

Dungeons & Dragons: The Immersive Quest closing day
After four-plus months, the stay of Dungeons & Dragons: The Immersive Quest in Plano will come to a close. Visitors can embark on a heroic journey, face thrilling challenges, and forge a path through a quest of magic, mystery, and legendary encounters. Each guest can choose to become a rogue, druid, fighter, or wizard, and the choice will shape their journey. Everyone will face legendary D&D creatures like the Roper, Owlbear, and Gelatinous Cube, and test their skills in epic battles. The event is located inside a former Buy Buy Baby location near the intersection of Parker Road and Central Expressway.

The Dallas Opera presents Titus Family Recital: Erin Morle
Soprano Erin Morley is a sought-after artist on the world’s major opera stages, including La Scala, Vienna Staatsoper, Glyndebourne, and the Metropolitan Opera, where she has sung more than 100 performances. Morley continues to thrill audiences around the globe both in recital and a host of major coloratura roles, including Gilda in Rigoletto, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. She released her debut recital album, Rose in Bloom, in 2024. She'll perform at Winspear Opera House.

Photo by Joan Marcus

Broadway Dallas presents Six at the Music Hall at Fair Park through February 1.

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