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It's the barber pole, and it usually materializes with a red-, white-, and blue-striped color scheme. It would be fair to guess that the design has something to do with patriotism.

Watkins: Both the all-black jersey and the black with the white panel look extremely clean and modern for a design from a century ago. Also, it’s harder to make a red-face logo in all black ...