Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Charles McConnell was preparing to enter 10th grade at Johnson City’s all-Black Langston High School ...

THE Premier League’s first black referee, who tragically died last year, left a whopping £1.3million fortune to his family.

Uriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65. Rennie officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches. “We are deeply ...

Uriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65 with the football world paying tribute to a “pioneer” and “trailblazer” of the game. The Jamaica-born official grew up ...

Uriah Rennie, the first Black referee in the Premier League, has died aged 65, according to the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association . Jamaican-born Rennie, who grew up in Sheffield, ...

Maia Chaka has made history by becoming the first Black woman to become an NFL official at football’s highest level. The announcement was made on TODAY last Friday, seven years after Chaka was one of ...

The NFL’s first African-American referee has sadly passed away at the age of 74. Johnny Grier spent most of his adult life as an official as he got his start in the NFL in 1981 before being promoted ...

TAMPA, FL -- An all-Black officiating crew worked an NFL game for the first time in league history. Referee Jerome Boger led the crew, which also included umpire Barry Anderson, down judge Julian Mapp ...

The first time someone suggested LaShell Nelson consider being a football referee, she was a 20-something playing in a flag football league in Texas. “I said, ‘Hell no. I don’t want to be yelled at,’” ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Charles McConnell was preparing to enter 10th grade at Johnson City’s all-Black Langston High School when the avid athlete penned a heartfelt letter to Brooklyn Dodgers ...

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Uriah Rennie, the first Black referee in the Premier League, has died. He was 65. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee ...