America owes its fascination with the yo-yo mainly to Chicago businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr., who spotted it while on a business trip to San Francisco in 1928. It was being used by Pedro Flores, a ...

One of the great all-time yo-yo men, Bernard Akers, died last week at the age of 80, a loss that, although it did not go unreported, went undiscussed. I want to correct that. A yo-yo man is a guy who ...

Would you like to see the world’s largest wooden yo-yo attempt a trick in the desert? Of course you would! Six feet in diameter, made from the boards of an old deck and big and heavy enough to require ...

How does a yo-yo work? asks a reader.Can you Hop the Fence, Milk the Cow, Ride the Horse, and then Walk the Dog -- without ever setting foot on a farm? If so, you're probably familiar with yo-yo ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. June 6 is National Yo-yo Day. It’s called that because it’s the birthday of ...

Walk the dog. Around the world. Rock the baby. Nearly everyone recognizes these phrases as the repertory of the yo-yo enthusiast. Now, 62 years after Donald F. Duncan Sr. brought it back from the ...

America owes its fascination with the yo-yo mainly to Chicago businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr., who spotted it while on a business trip to San Francisco in 1928. It was being used by Pedro Flores, a ...