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EUGENE, Ore. -- Consider this a second chance for Tyson Gay. Maybe his last one, too.The 33-year-old sprinter was handed a spot on the U.S. Olympic track team as a relay runner Monday, more than two years after his doping positive cost the Americans their silver medal from the 2012 Games.Gay dominated the sprints for a time before Usain Bolt burst onto the scene in 2008. The American is still ranked second all-time behind Bolt with a time of 9.69 seconds in the 100.But the last several years have been a struggle, filled with injuries and setbacks -- none bigger than a positive doping test in 2013 that cost him one year out of the sport and forced the relay team to surrender its medal.Gay finished fifth in the 100 and sixth in the 200 at the recently completed Olympic trials, but coaches stuck to the order of finish for the 100 meters, taking Gay and sixth-place finisher Christian Coleman, along with Mike Rodgers, whose spot was locked in thanks to his fourth-place finish.In Gay, the U.S. gets a two-time Olympian and 2007 world champion at both 100 and 200 meters -- choosing him over high-schoolers Noah Lyles and Michael Norman, who finished 4-5 in the 200 at trials.Asked before the trials what it would mean to make the team, Gay said: A hell of a lot. Im considered the old one of the bunch now. It definitely means a lot to me to still keep up with these young guys here, use some of my veteran skills to my advantage.Also added for relays on the 127-person team, which includes 84 first-time Olympians, were Arman Hall, Tony McQuay and Kyle Clemons (mens 4x400), Ariana Washington (womens 4x100) and Francena McCorory and Courtney Okolo (womens 4x400).Some other things to know about the U.S. track and field team:LIKE A FINE WINE: At 41, Bernard Lagat is still going strong -- making his fifth Olympic team. The ageless 5,000-meter runner showed just about everyone that age is merely a number. I dont believe Im old, Lagat said. If you believe youre old -- Im going to run like an old man.JUST A KID: For a few days, 18-year-old high jumper Vashti Cunningham was set to be the youngest to compete for the U.S. Olympic track team in four decades. That lasted until 16-year-old Sydney McLaughlin came along and made the team in the 400-meter hurdles and took that distinction. To think, she had a little case of stage fright to begin the trials. It hardly showed as she set the world junior record to finish third and earn her place in Rio. This has to be the icing on the cake, the prep star from New Jersey said. Regardless of what happens in Rio, I made it here and Im just so thankful for all of that.FEEL-GOOD STORY ENDS WELL: 800-meter runner Boris Berian made the team despite an uphill climb -- working at McDonalds after dropping out of college to earn extra money to train and recently winning a lawsuit over Nike over what gear he could wear that nearly kept him off the starting line.FEEL-GOOD STORY ENDS NOT AS WELL: 110-meter hurdler and defending Olympic champion Aries Merritt finished fourth -- missing the team by one spot less than a year after returning from a kidney transplant. He had a positive outlook, though. 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Roger Craig Jersey . -- Arizona raced out to a big lead and did not back off, hitting the accelerator instead.The Getting Over series aims to detail the psychological rules that the world of pro wrestling has developed over the past 100 years to draw the biggest houses and biggest fan reactions possible.Rule No. 1 - Its all about the money Rule No. 2 - Fans will hate a heel more if he can make them respect him Rule No. 3 - A baby face should be billed as a believable underdog Rule No. 4 - Always exaggerate, even when the truth is impressive Rule No. 5 -?A heel should have no redeemable qualitiesOne of the most memorable heel turns in pro wrestling history occurred when Larry Zbyszko betrayed Bruno Sammartino by attacking him with a chair following an exhibition match in 1980.Zbyszko had been sold to fans as Sammartinos real-life protégé, and it was easy to believe it because it was true. Sammartino had taken Larry Whistler (Zbyszkos real name) under his wing nearly a decade earlier, training him and then guiding him through his early years in the business.This opened the door for a highly compelling student-betraying-the-teacher storyline, but what really turned this into a white-hot feud was Zbyszkos adherence to the next rule in the Getting Over series.Rule No. 6:?A heel uses flawed logic to justify his actionsWhy it worksMost people want to be liked and therefore normally wont do things that would make others dislike them. Because of this tendency, when the time comes to cross the Rubicon and do something that will cause them to not be liked, people will aim to find any way to justify their actions -- even if it requires flawed logic to do so.This justification might work, to an extent, when telling a white lie, but when it is done in conjunction with the types of actions a pro wrestling heel partakes in, it comes across as excusing dirty deeds -- and it tends to infuriate audiences who see the malevolence for what it is.In Zbyszkos case, his character was jealous of Sammartinos talent, fame and fortune. Zbyszko was also afraid to confront Sammartino, because he knew deep down that Sammartino was the better wrestler.The logical way to handle this situation would be for Zbyszko to accept these disparities and be thankful for everything Sammartino did for him, but Zbyszkos character couldnt accept that. Instead, he found a way to get Sammartino to take on an exhibition match that was supposed to be a friendly test of skills that Zbyszko convinced himself he could win.When that match didnt go in Zbyszkos favor early on, he no longer had an honest out. At that point he had to make a choice -- accept a humiliating defeat or find an illogically flawed alternative, the latter of which presented itself after Sammartino accidentally threw Zbyszko from the ring following a clinch. This provided Zbyszko the opportunity to get mad at Sammartino and justify his betrayal, a justification fans rightfully saw as a flimsy excuse to turn on his mentor.No good deed goes unpunnishedBy the mid-1980s, Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes had been feuding for various regional and world titles for nearly a decade.ddddddddddddThat should have made any disagreement between the two unsurprising, but Flair found a way to incorporate the flawed logic rule into their quarrel following a cage match Flair had against Nikita Koloff in September 1985.Flair had just defeated Koloff to retain the NWA world heavyweight championship when Ivan Koloff ran into the ring and proceeded to assist Nikita in a double-team attack against Flair while Kruscher Khruschev guarded the ring door.Rhodes ran down to break up this mugging and cleared the ring with a set of Bionic Elbows.Flairs character should have been thankful to be saved from such a beating, but he and The Four Horsemen didnt see it that way. Instead of thanking Rhodes for his efforts, they proceeded to attack him, lock the cage and then break his ankle.These actions caused what Flair said was a [legitimate] full-scale riot among the fans at the arena that night, so its all that was needed to assure a string of sellouts across the country -- but Flair went even further by finding an illogical way to justify those actions.Flair didnt mind getting rescued from an assault, as The Four Horsemen had done that type of thing for him on many occasions, so he had to call out Dusty for sticking his nose into Flair and the Andersons own personal business. The way he saw it, Rhodes wasnt part of his gang and therefore should have known better than to try to help him out. In Flairs mind, the attack was simply a way to drive that point home, but the fans saw it as his being ungrateful for the help, and it served to move Flair to the top of the most hated list.Might makes rightThe illogical justification also applies to a longtime staple of televised pro wrestling -- the squash match.This type of bout typically features an average-sized person versus a powerhouse behemoth in a battle that often doesnt last for more than a minute.These types of matches dont happen in real fighting sports because of the use of weight classes, but pro wrestling isnt interested in fair fighting -- its interested in getting a reaction from the audience, and nothing does that better than an unfair fight.Its why promotions over the years have showcased mismatches like The Road Warriors vs. Bill & Randy Mulkey (the ultimate jabroni tandem),?Brock Lesnar?sending both Bo Dallas?and Heath Slater ?to Suplex City and?Braun Strowman?obliterating a trio of jobbers who likely couldnt have matched his weightlifting prowess if they combined their lifts.These contests highlight the illogical idea that might should make right -- a mindset that understandably drives fans to want to see these bullies get their comeuppance. 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