June 6 marks National Yo-Yo Day, a celebration of one of the world's oldest and most enduring toys. The date honors the birthday of Donald F. Duncan Sr., the entrepreneur who helped turn the yo-yo ...

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Every year on June 6, we celebrate National Yo-Yo Day. It coincides with the birthday of Chicago businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr, who in the 1930s, got into the yo-yo business. Yo-Yo was first sold in ...

Yo-yo water balls, the stretchy, rubbery toys that are sold near checkout lines for as little as $1, pose a potential strangulation hazard to children but will not be recalled, according to a federal ...

It’s happened again. Two weeks ago, Brayden Daher, a 5-year-old boy from Bellevue, Wash., was nearly strangled when he got a Yo-Yo Water Ball wrapped around his neck. “He was purple, almost blue, and ...

Few people get to turn a childhood passion into a lifelong career. Musical prodigies can do it. Some athletes. But a kid who does yo-yo tricks? Just ask Yo-Yo Mike. Or, as he’s known at Flambeau ...

Ask Jacob Cross to "walk the dog" or "rock the baby" and he'll quickly move into action. Just don't expect him to reach for a leash or cradle. We're talking yo-yo tricks here, not family tasks. The 15 ...

For nearly 40 years, A 2 Z Learning in Northampton has hosted free yo-yo classes, producing national champions and inspiring all ages to master the art of the yo-yo.

U.S. contestant Jake Elliott was crowned a world champion at the 2015 World Yo-Yo Contest. YoYoTricks.com The yo-yo is simple enough and the concept has been around since Greek antiquity. As a child, ...

Toys date back to prehistoric times, when children fashioned sticks, rocks and clay into playthings. More sophisticated toys appeared in Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. But it wasn’t until the ...

After one day at the Toy Fair, it seems best summed up as acres and acres of “-ing.” There are things whirling, flying, bouncing, clicking, humming and whirring; and people yelling, wandering, ...