Erin Armstrong. Armstrong settles $100M fraud suit with U.S. How collectible medals and Facebook likes encouraged cheaters in the Mexico City Marathon, Weather can't dampen spectacular Opening Ceremony, Prince Charles arrives to Gold Coast for Commonwealth Games, India let off with warning over needle issue, Commonwealth Games to hold hearing over syringes found at athletes village, Several hurt when start line structure collapses, Iditarod dog with signs of pneumonia dies, The story of the 'Greatest Living Englishman', Bannister, first to break 4-minute mile, dies, IAAF chief executive officer Gers resigns, Coe accused of misleading inquiry into doping, Netflix doc spotlights Russian doping whistleblower, 'Icarus' director hopes film serves as a 'wake-up call', New stars emerge at World Indoors to give Lord Coe and IAAF reason for optimism, Recap: Pozzi wins gold, Poland stun US in 4x400, Poland shocks USA in amazing 4x400m comeback, Recap: Coleman steals the show on day three, Dominant Coleman smashes 60m championship record, Johnson-Thompson: 'World Indoor Gold a springboard for my career', Farah ready for first test of marathon credentials, Lysenko tops high jump world champ Barshim, 'I was so scared I was going to finish 4th again', The fastest year of Christian Coleman's life ... so far, Froome fails to fire amid drug test investigation, Report: Coleman's record won't be ratified, 2018 Tour of California route hinges on Gibraltar and Morgan Hill TT, VeloNews: Zen master Peter Sagan poised for big 2018, Elite women to watch ahead of the Boston Marathon, Landis: Ban for Froome would end Team Sky, Officials weigh measures to curb cheating at Mexico City Marathon, A gorilla in London and other top marathon moments of 2017, Bardet: Froome case hits cycling's credibility, NYC winner Flanagan to try again in Boston, Cavendish's team 'surprised' by UCI/Sagan settlement of TDF crash, Sagan cleared of elbowing Cavendish at TDF, ESPN.com's sports business reporter since 2012; previously at ESPN from 2000-06, Appears on SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and with ABC News. She has created work for clients such as Nike, The Drake Hotel Toronto and Drake Devonshire, Anthropologie, The Broadview Hotel, Portia De Rossi and Ellen Degeneres’ “General Public Art", Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”, and Kit+Ace. Those are so important because they remind me how far I have come as an artist. Together with Nike, the Livestrong Foundation made more than 87 million of its Livestrong yellow rubber wristbands since May 2004. Growing up painting in my mom’s studio, taking art class in high school and all the art teachers used to say, ‘this is what you should be doing,’ and me seconding guessing asking who becomes an artist? I just had a collaboration with Nike for their pop up in Toronto. Nike officials said it never happened. I feel like I would classify myself as an entrepreneur who is in the arts. "The Livestrong Foundation is deeply grateful to Nike not only for the time and resources it invested in helping us improve the lives of people affected by cancer today, but also the creative drive it brought to our nine-year partnership," the foundation said in a statement released Tuesday. Oh my god, I’ve got a lot! You can check out my work on my website at, . Nike is further disassociating from Lance Armstrong. A two-part confessional interview with Oprah in January didn't help much. Armstrong lost all his endorsement deals, including those with Trek, Oakley and Michelob Ultra. Erin is a contemporary figurative artist working and living in Toronto, CA. When I graduated from university, I thought, ‘what am I going to do with this history degree I just got?’, when I really wanted to get into art. Are there moments that trace the dots? For Erin Armstrong, this is her reality. There’s a lot of business that goes on behind it, and I run everything.

No formal MFA here. When I was 25, a big goal of mine was to sign with a really respected, important gallery. As much as I love fine art and painting and exhibiting, which is 90% of what I do, I also have collaborated recently in the last year in a half with some big brands. Join Facebook to connect with Erin Armstrong and others you may know. Looking back, those are the flashing light moments that say this is what you’re supposed to be doing. You can check out my galleries in Vancouver and Toronto at Bau-Xi, in Seattle at, Right now, Erin is working on her solo show that is happening at the beginning of March at, . What was the time lapse between when you got the booth to when you were flying to New York? When I was 25, a big goal of mine was to sign with a really respected, important gallery. She went to U of T for fine art, so I feel like I got my education from my mom, faking sick and being at home all the time painting and drawing with her. I just had a collaboration with Nike for their pop up in Toronto. I probably would have freaked out if I had realized what I was doing. I sold out in the first night, signed to a gallery on Sunday, and I was flying to New York the following week, and then it just snowballed from there. I grew up with an artist mom. The opening night around 10,000 people came. Nike also dropped Armstrong's name from its fitness center on its sprawling campus in Beaverton, Ore., and Sporting KC, the MLS team that did a stadium-naming-rights deal with Livestrong, severed the deal less than two years into the six-year pact. Her collaboration with Portia de Rossi launched a month ago on General Public Art. She draws on the genre of portraiture as a foundation for these explorations, but chooses to depict not a person or sitter, but an atmosphere or sensation expressed inside the formal qualities of human shapes. She is also working on a solo show starting May 2nd in Geneva, Switzerland at, .

Growing up, literally every day I would claim that I had a sore throat from junior kindergarten up until I was in grade 7, even though I totally didn’t.

Nike has been accused of helping Armstrong cover up his past of using performance-enhancing drugs. They said ‘This never happens, but we have somebody who just bailed out.

Do you want to come down last minute? I’ve done a collaboration with Anthropologie for prints. I did a mural for them.

What were the first steps in your career to get you to where you are? I genuinely enjoy the business side of doing these projects. I appreciate it so much more. Nike raised more than $100 million for the foundation through sales of the $1 wristbands and a minimum guarantee and royalty payments made on the sale of Livestrong gear. With an exciting road ahead as one of Toronto’s hottest new artists, we sat down with Erin to find out how she got started, what inspires her, and what she sees happening next. I probably would have freaked out if I had realized what I was doing. I tried and was horrible at them.

The world's largest shoe and apparel brand has informed the Livestrong Foundation, the charity that he helped start, that it will discontinue its line of Livestrong-branded products by the end of this year. Her work looks into the human imagination as it is expressed visually. Right now, Erin is working on her solo show that is happening at the beginning of March at Bau-Xi. You have to be ready in two weeks,” and I was like “Yeah, I’m ready. Taking that road and trying other careers, like working at a fashion magazine and working at an advertising agency, though they weren’t what I wanted to do. I was one of the first artists that she asked to collaborate. My mom admits now that she knew. What is something you have done recently that ties entrepreneurialism into your art? As much as I love fine art and painting and exhibiting, which is 90% of what I do, I also have collaborated recently in the last year in a half with some big brands. That was a negative experience, but I learned from it. Are you a creator, an entrepreneur, or a professional? I was approached by Portia de Rossi who is launching her new art line called. I grew up with an artist mom. I … Aside from the Nike claim, the report released by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in October said that Armstrong paid the UCI $250,000 to keep a positive test at the 2001 Tour of Switzerland quiet. Taking that road and trying other careers, like working at a fashion magazine and working at an advertising agency, though they weren’t what I wanted to do. Other than that, it was trial and error, and figuring out what works or doesn’t. VIRTUAL 3D TOUR OF CRUMBS IN THE GLITTER EXHIBITION. I saw an advertisement in Canadian Arts Magazine for The Artist Project. I said I’m just going to go for it, I applied to. I tried and was horrible at them. When I got there, I set up the booth. When I graduated university, I took a continuing studies course at OCAD in studio art. Erin is a contemporary figurative artist working and living in Toronto, CA. Looking back, those are the flashing light moments that say this is what you’re supposed to be doing. Who can successfully do that? Usually, people apply a year in advance, and the judges saw your stuff. But industry insiders told ESPN.com that Nike, as well as Dick's Sporting Goods, which sold the most product at retail, were ready to give up the business. I did a mural for them. Other than that, it was trial and error, and figuring out what works or doesn’t. When I was young and had just gotten into the art world, a gallery took advantage of the fact that I was young and didn’t know how to navigate the world of art quite as well. Being able to have big brands come to me and ask me to make something and give me free rein to do it but have it done by a specific date, it’s the best of both worlds. It was a quick decline for Armstrong. I don’t have an assistant or anything, but I would say I’m an entrepreneurial person. What is the worst mistake you have ever made? By the second night, I had sold out of everything. Looking back, are there moments that clearly stand out as defining in your life now that you know you’re doing this and you’ve found your groove? Four weeks. With an exciting road ahead as one of Toronto’s hottest new artists, we sat down with Erin to find out how she got started, what inspires her, and what she sees happening next.