Given the state of American women’s figure skating, and the strong competition the U.S. men’s hockey team will face — among other factors — it’s quite possible that the marquee squads the United States will send to Vancouver next month for the Winter Olympics will be in Alpine skiing and snowboarding. Those two teams, being finalized early this week, will consist mostly of members who are familiar with what all this means — the procedures, the pressures and everything else about the Olympic …Â Details