The NFL team honored her husband, the late Sen. John McCain, with a video and moment of silence during its Aug. 30 preseason game against the Denver Broncos.
On Friday the Cardinals announced via Twitter that she was selected to be an honorary captain at Sunday’s season opener against Washington.
We are pleased & privileged to announce that Cindy McCain will serve as our honorary captain for Sunday’s regular season opener vs. Washington. #InTheArenapic.twitter.com/LeRLGOR9rB
This will be her first public appearance in Arizona since his memorial in Phoenix on Aug. 30.
The senator, who died on Aug. 25, was a big fan of the Cardinals and even had wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald speak at that service, according to The Hill.
“[John McCain] didn’t judge individuals based on the color of their skin, their gender, their backgrounds, their political affiliations or their bank accounts,” Fitzgerald said. “He evaluated them on the merits of their character & the countenance of their hearts.”
Also on HuffPost
Then-U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John McCain is interviewed about his experiences as a prisoner of war during the war in Vietnam on April 24, 1973.
Barack Obama, at the time the president-elect of the U.S., meets with his former GOP rival McCain at Obama's transition offices in Chicago on Nov. 17, 2008.
McCain as a young boy with his grandfather, Vice Admiral John S. McCain Sr., and father, Commander John S. McCain Jr., in a family photo from the 1940s.
McCain confers with Sens. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during remarks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Dec. 16, 2005. The senators were often referred to as the "three amigos."
Then-President Richard Nixon greets former Vietnam prisoner of war John McCain at a pre-POW dinner reception in Washington on May 24, 1973.
McCain in 2008, during one of his three appearances on "The Late Show with David Letterman."
This reproduction of a family photo shows McCain in military uniform at his sister Sandy's wedding in the late 1950s.
McCain talks to his wife on the speaker phone in his Senate office.
Members of the McCain family attend the christening of USS John S McCain (DDG-56), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, in Bath, Maine, on Sept. 26, 1992.
McCain stopped by ABC's "The View" on his daughter Meghan McCain's birthday.
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) confers with McCain before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 10, 2005.
McCain, holding recently adopted Bridget, with wife Cindy Hensley, Vice President Dan Quayle and daughter Meghan during Mock Swearing on Jan. 7, 1993.
McCain at his home in Phoenix, Arizona.
McCain at a rally in the park with his family: daughter Bridget, wife Cindy, sons Jack and Jimmy, and daughter Meghan, on Jan. 31, 2000, in Keene, New Hampshire.
McCain and his mother, Roberta McCain, are interviewed by moderator Tim Russert during a taping for a broadcast on the "Meet the Press" website at the NBC Studios on May 13, 2007.
McCain as a baby on his grandfather's lap in a family portrait, circa 1936. Also pictured are his sister, father and mother.
McCain talks with Marines at Camp Fallujah outside of Fallujah, Iraq.
Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde react to the huge performance this weekend by Texas QB Arch Manning, Michigan and Notre Dame's spring games, Jaden Rashada entering the transfer portal, and more
Trump is entitled to an additional 36 million shares if the company's share price trades above $17.50 "for twenty out of any thirty trading days" over the next three years.
Our final 2024 mock draft projects four quarterbacks in the first five picks, but the Cardinals at No. 4 might represent the key pivot point of the entire board.
Arch Manning gave Texas football fans an enticing look at the future, throwing for 355 yards and three touchdowns in the Longhorns' Orange-White spring game.
Vincent Goodwill and Amin Elhassan react to (just about) every Round 1 game of the NBA Playoffs after the first games have been played over the weekend.
