Load External Image in Flex Mobile App - actionscript-3

Question

I am trying to load images from my website on my Flex Mobile Application. When I run the code using my localhost, everything works perfectly. However, when I try to load the images from my live website, I get the error:
IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2036: Load Never Completed. URL: http://sortsports.com/images/players/nfl/sketch/8850x300.jpg" errorID=2036]
I am using a Loader to load the image and a LoaderContext setting checkPolicyFile to false.
var lc:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
lc.checkPolicyFile = false; // bypass security sandbox / policy file - does this effect quality when scaling? - See more at: http://www.onegiantmedia.com/as3--load-a-remote-image-from-any-url--domain-with-no-stupid-security-sandbox-errors#sthash.ZRnTf99k.dpuf
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, playerImageLoadCompleteHandler);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loaderIOErrorHandler);
trace('loading: ' + remoteFileUrl);
loader.load(new URLRequest(remoteFileUrl), lc); // add a loader context to not check the policy file
private function playerImageLoadCompleteHandler(event:Event):void
{
var loaderInfo:LoaderInfo = event.target as LoaderInfo;
playerImage.source = loaderInfo.content;
}
private function loaderIOErrorHandler(ev:Event):void{
trace("Image not found and ioError: " + ev);
playerImage.source = 'k';
}
I also have a crossdomain policy in the root of the url:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<cross-domain-policy>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="all"/>
<allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="*"/>
</cross-domain-policy>
I load the crossdomain like this:
Security.loadPolicyFile(Globals.currentDomain + "/crossdomain.xml");
And I try to allowDomain
//Security.allowDomain('http://sortsports.com/');
But I get an error
SecurityError: Error #3207: Application-sandbox content cannot access this feature.
So I put it in the try catch:
try {Security.allowDomain("*");}catch (e) { trace("e.message: " + e.message); };
Again, the code works great on localhost. I don't think using a proxy is a possibility as this is a mobile app.