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Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Cycling – Mountain Bike
Posted on August 10, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday August 11 – Sunday August 12 Medal Events: 2 Athletes: 80 (50 men / 30 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Cycling – Mountain Bike, a sport designed to let anarchists living... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Cycling – BMX
Posted on August 7, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Wednesday August 8 – Friday August 10 Medal Events: 2 Athletes: 48 Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Cycling – BMX, a sport where drifter bums can become world champions. There are four... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Gymnnastics – Rhythmic & Trampoline
Posted on August 2, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Thursday August 9 – Sunday August 12 (Rhythmic) Friday August 3 – Saturday August 4 (Trampoline) Medal Events: 4 (2 each) Athletes: 96 Women (Rhythmic) 32 (16 men / 16 women) (Trampoline) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Athletics
Posted on August 2, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Friday August 3 – Sunday August 12 Medal Events: 47 Athletes: 2,000 Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about –Athletics, which is a rather vague name for an event. But it’s designed to be all-encompassing of... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Cycling – Track
Posted on August 1, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Thursday August 2 – Tuesday August 7 Medal Events: 10 Athletes: 188 (104 men / 84 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Cycling – Track, do you want to spend hours watching people... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Hockey
Posted on July 28, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Sunday July 29 – Saturday August 11 Medal Events: 2 Athletes: 384 ( 12 men’s / women’s teams ) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Hockey, it’s not just for girl’s high school gym... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Diving
Posted on July 28, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Sunday July 29 – Saturday August 11 Medal Events: 8 Athletes: 136 (68 men / 68 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Diving, a sport where landing a belly-flop gets you no points and... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Canoe Slalom
Posted on July 28, 2012 | 1 CommentEvent Dates: Saturday July 29 – Thursday August 2 Medal Events: 4 Athletes: 82 Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about – Canoe Slalom, a sport that makes sitting upright difficult. The slalom competition in... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Tennis
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Sunday August 5 Medal Events: 5 Athletes: 172 ( 86 men / 86 women ) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Tennis, I sport dominated by eras and champions. ... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Judo & Taekwondo
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Friday August 3 (Judo) Wednesday August 8 – Saturday August 11 (Taekwondo) Medal Events: 14 (Judo), 8 (Taekwondo) Athletes: 514 (combined sports and men’s/women’s total) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Fencing
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Sunday August 5 Medal Events: 10 Athletes: 212 (105 men / 107 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Fencing, a sport where the goal is to poke your opponent…get... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Handball
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Sunday August 12 Medal Events: 2 Athletes: 336 (168 men / 168 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Handball, it’s like soccer, except you use your hands. Wait…what? ... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Badminton
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Sunday August 5 Medal Events: 5 Athletes: 172 Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about – Badminton, a sport which is synonymous with fast paced, action-packed matches. Wait…no, that can’t be... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Weightlifting
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Tuesday August 7 Medal Events: 15 Athletes: 260 ( 156 men / 104 women ) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Weightlifting, a place where the thrust-and-grunt means something entirely... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Gymnnastics
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Tuesday August 7 Medal Events: 14 Athletes: 196 (98 men / 98 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Gymnastics, if you like hard-bodied tiny people, these are the events... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Table Tennis
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Wednesday August 8 Medal Events: 4 Athletes: 172 ( 86 men / 86 women ) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Table Tennis, you know…that sport Forest Gump played. ... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Rowing
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Saturday August 4 Medal Events: 14 Athletes: 550 ( 353 men / 197 women ) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Rowing, possibly the sport most likely to involve someone... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Basketball
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Sunday August 12 Medal Events: 2 Athletes: 288 (12 men’s and women’s teams) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about – Basketball, a competition dominated by short stocky men with receding... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Shooting
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Monday August 6 Medal Events: 15 Athletes: 390 ( 223 men / 143 women ) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Shooting, where you’re not really killing anything. Wait, what?... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Equestrian Events
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday July 28 – Thursday August 9 Medal Events: 6 Athletes: 200 Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Equestrian Events, a series of events so enticing they limited its coverage from all three events...