` ` It does n't get any worse than this , '' mass - media expert says . Nike ends contract with Armstrong over ` ` seemingly insurmountable '' doping issue . The former pro cyclist resigns from chairmaship of the charity he founded in 1997 . Armstrong says he stepped aside to start the charity .
`` It does n't get any worse than this , '' crisis-communications expert says . Nike ends contract with Armstrong over `` seemingly insurmountable '' doping evidence . The former pro cyclist resigns from chairmaship of the organization he founded in 1997 . Armstrong says he stepped aside to protect the charity .