They’re just kind of nerds — and, honestly, kind of geeky people. They’re all just kind of fun.” The U.S. fencing team is studded with geeks, including three-time gold medalist Lee Kiefer ...

They were always the outsiders. In popular culture, geeks have long been comic relief or objects of derision or pity. Even when nerds took their revenge against the jocks, their aspirations were ...