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| Jonathan McNamara |
It would take more than a Super Bowl loss to prevent the Arizona Cardinals from receiving a hero’s welcome at Sky Harbor Airport on the afternoon after their defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A few thousand dedicated fans with the luxury of leaving their respective jobs at around 3:30 p.m. gathered en masse on the tarmac to welcome home their team and life their spirits with chants like “one more year.”
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Coach Ken Whisenhunt, Kurt Warner and Larry Ftizgerald took their turns addressing the crowd from a podium. Their message was unanimous: we’re going back next year.
See slide shows from the home-coming in our Arizona Cardinals slide show.