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Eight-time Pro Bowl cornerback closes 13-year career with team that drafted him

Patrick Peterson Comes Home To Retire A Cardinal

Eight-time Pro Bowl cornerback closes 13-year career with team that drafted him

Cardinals wideout, USWNT star manage pro lives as power couple

Michael Wilson, Sophia Smith Team Up For Dream Life

Cardinals wideout, USWNT star manage pro lives as power couple

Tight end on cusp of stardom leaned on sibling Toby to get there

Brothers McBride Make Trey's NFL Story A Success

Tight end on cusp of stardom leaned on sibling Toby to get there

Cardinals rookie linebacker got through depression to live his dream

Nearly Quitting Football, Xavier Thomas Finds His Way Back

Cardinals rookie linebacker got through depression to live his dream

More Long Form Stories

Folktales: Drafting Jake

The Cardinals sought a new QB and a little magic when they took Jake Plummer

Folktales: When Arizona Met The Cardiac Cards

In first year in the Valley, a stunning rally over the 49ers nearly started amazing debut season

Folktales: Renaissance Man

Kurt Warner's career was nearly over in Arizona - until he authored his final act

Joshua Dobbs Flying High As Cardinals Quarterback

Veteran 'in the moment' as he finally gets his chance to start

Marquise Brown's Journey To Become Hollywood

Wide receiver enters crucial season in contract year consumed with making impact

Jonathan Gannon Opens Door To Head Coaching Career

First-year Cardinals boss brings energy as franchise resets

New Uniforms For The Arizona Cardinals

Team goes for clean look in updating for first time since 2005

Folktales: Feely Beats The Broncos

In a year when the Cardinals offense struggled, kicker had game of his life

Folktales: Lassiter's Legacy

Safety has game of his life with four interceptions in playoff-clinching 1998 win

Folktales: One Time In Mexico

Griffith provided iconic moment as Cardinals ushered in era of NFL international play

Folktales: Miracle In The Desert

Nate Poole becomes unlikely hero in 2003 finale that impacted the playoffs, the draft, and Larry Fitzgerald

Folktales: The Stanton Shuffle

In one of the Cardinals' biggest wins in Seattle, a backup QB went viral

Folktales: The Hyphen Wins A House

The quiet running back goes 102 yards for a touchdown and an unbelievable prize

Kliff Kingsbury, Patrick Mahomes Finally Meet In NFL

Chiefs QB played for coach at Texas Tech

Folktales: Legendary Locker

The story behind saving a piece of Pat Tillman's legacy

Kyler Murray, High School Football Legend

Cardinals QB returns to Dallas where he became one of the best prep players ever

Folktales: Snow Day To Tampa Bay

How rough loss in brutal New England, and days that followed, shaped a Super Bowl run

Folktales: Nine More

Safety Rashad Johnson makes big sacrifice in effort to make tackle for Cardinals

Folktales: Thanks, Coach

Cardinals' hard loss on 'Monday Night Football' was memorable, but not as much as Dennis Green after the game

Kliff Kingsbury Becomes A Success Story

Cardinals coach has led team to increase in victories in each season

Folktales: Money Mike's Redemption

In a playoff game of 1,000 yards and two future Hall of Fame QBs, the smallest guy on the field makes the biggest play

Folktales: Cards Go Hollywood

The Cardinals and their practice facility are at the heart of the movie 'Jerry Maguire'

Folktales: 104 Yards, Victory, And A Vote

With stadium election looming, Aeneas Williams comes up with iconic play

Folktales: The Coin That Didn't Flip

A crazy Cardinals' playoff win over the Packers, and a memorable overtime coin toss

Folktales: The Night The Goalposts Vanished

Upset of Cowboys in 1997 ends with caravan down Mill Avenue

McCown To Poole To Fitz: How Miracle Win Turned Into A Future Hall Of Famer

An oral history of crazy 2003 finale, the Cards' last game before Larry Fitzgerald

Drafting Kyler Murray: Inside The Cardinals' Game-Changing QB Swap

An oral history of the momentous decision

In Season 16, Larry Fitzgerald Showing He's Still Hungry For More

With diving catches and 40-yard plays, wide receiver off to spectacular start

Kliff Kingsbury Takes On The NFL

Cardinals coach ready to sidestep perceptions for reality of success

Cardinals Stint Gave Kurt Warner Canton Cred

QB's decorated career deserves Hall of Fame nod, but time in Arizona was key

Fitz's Fantastic Four

An oral history of the wide receiver's amazing 2008 postseason run

Chasing The Kwan: Where Did Rod Tidwell Go?

Cardinals wide receiver went from near-stardom to anonymity

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