Competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics begins on Wednesday. The opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Games takes place on Friday, but before the Olympic torch is lit, competition in curling and hockey gets underway. The next two weeks will be filled with incredible Olympic moments from the ice to the snow to the slopes.

For as big a deal as the opening ceremony is at the Winter Olympics, it has been a while since that was actually when the Games started. That’s the case again this year, as the ice hockey and curling competitions get going before the cauldron is lit in Milan on Friday night.

Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks play host to a sizable challenge on Tuesday night, when Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics come to town for a primetime battle.