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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Books News

Indie Bird's Bookstore to open store & cafe at Preston Royal Dallas

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Brick-and-mortar bookstores continue their thrilling comeback, with a new one coming to a prominent North Dallas corner: Called Bird’s Bookstore, it's an independently-owned store opening in the Preston Royal shopping center at 6025 Royal Ln. #207, in a former massage place next to Eatzi's, where it will debut in August.

Bird's Bookstore promises to be a unique retail destination incorporating elements of Scandinavian, Japanese, and mid-century modern design with books, magazines, and artisanal products.

Owners Drew and Emily Dawson are a young couple inspired by design, history, and travel. Drew previously worked in the nonprofit sector to private equity before pursuing this decade-long dream. Emily is a former graphic designer who founded Emily by Design, a wardrobe consultation company in 2022.

The couple first conceptualized the idea when they began dating 11 years ago while students at the University of Texas at Austin.

“Initially, it was an idea that we wanted to execute towards retirement age,” Drew says. "But as I saw Emily follow her passion and open her own vintage clothing styling business a year and a half ago, I said, 'It's time for me too. I want to follow my passion and open this bookstore.' There's really no time like the present."

Drew estimates that the shop will carry about 3500 adult fiction and nonfiction books at at time, along with 2500 kids and young adult books.

“I like everything,” Drew says. “I like incredibly thick history books, memoirs, biographies, horror — all of it. We’ll be selling everything, including self-help and kids' books, since the area has a ton of families, and Emily and I have our own little one on the way."

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While Drew handles the bulk of the book selection, Emily will oversee coffee table books, design books, and magazines.

“We're going to have a strong selection of about 20 magazines covering the design and creative fashion industries, like Neptune, The Gentlewoman, and L’Etiquette," Emily says. "I'm anticipating there will be a draw for that because — other than certain shops in New York — there's not a place where you can buy these titles in person."

Bird’s will also sell stationery and paper goods from European and Japanese vendors, as well as plates and bowls from Marcello Ortega of Marcello Andres Ceramics.

The store will also house a small cafe serving coffee from Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters and baked goods from acclaimed Bresnan Bread and Pastry in McKinney.

The couple keep their eyes on current reading trends, using sites like TikTok’s “BookTok” community, as well as literary social media outlets like Goodreads. Emily credits these platforms — as well as book clubs by celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Jenna Bush Hager — for keeping bookstores alive.

Dallas-Fort Worth is witnessing a small independent bookstore revival with Interabang Books nearby, plus Wild Detectives and Poets Bookshop, which just opened a second outpost in Deep Ellum.

With the opening of Bird’s Bookstore, they hope to not only cultivate a space for those passionate about books, but also eliminate the burnout that comes from being attached to screens all day.

“I think there's a fatigue of everything being online,” says Emily. “And I think there's a yearning for a community space that is beautiful, and feels like a second home — a place where you can get amazing customer service. We're excited to hopefully be that place for some people.”

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