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Cincinnati Bengals Unveil New Logo

New logo, new look for Bengals

By Mark Curnutte
The Cincinnati Enquirer

The Bengals this morning unveiled a new logo, a block B with signature orange-and-black stripes, and announced that they will unveil new uniforms on April 22.

Oh, by the way, they also released their preseason schedule. The Bengals will open their exhibition schedule the week of Aug. 12-16 at Tampa Bay before returning to Paul Brown Stadium to play host to Super Bowl champion New England during the week of Aug. 19-23.

The third preseason game is at Atlanta, and the finale will be at home against Indianapolis.

The long-anticipated uniform change will not include any alteration of the Bengals’ distinctive striped helmets.

The block “B” joins the helmet, the Bengal head and flying tiger as team logos.

Coach Marvin Lewis called the uniform redesign “not radical” but a “little more than subtle.”

The new uniforms are “predicated on movement, speed and energy,” Lewis said.

Today was the first day of the team’s off-season strength and conditioning program, and Lewis estimated that 75-80 percent of players under contract participated in one of three sessions with strength coach Chip Morton.

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