LINDEN, Michigan — Area children — and those much older, but still a kid at heart — got a lesson in the art of yo-yoing today by professionals. Four yo-yo masters stopped by the Linden Toy Factory as ...

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 ...

Quick-moving, looping yo-yo tricks were performed by about 70 competitors during the Duncan International Yo-Yo Championship at Downtown Disney. The second annual event showcases a range of yo-yo ...

Federico Urian was an expert at Rock the Cradle, Man on the Flying Trapeze and The Creeper. In his prime, few others in America could Walk the Dog, Skin the Cat, or throw a Forward Pass like he ...

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 ...

Don’t be surprised if you see people rock the baby, flip, hop the fence, walk the dog or jade whip on June 6 in public places. “That’s the tradition for National Yo-Yo Day,” said Noel Kunz, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

2004 marks the 75th anniversary of the Duncan Yo-Yo. To a historian, the yo-yo is the marketing success story of Donald Duncan. To a child (of all ages) it is a challenging toy. "To a physicist, ...

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Rolling into its 75th year, the Duncan yo-yo continues its up and down ride to success. Flambeau Inc. has been making yo-yos since the early 1960s, and the company sees another ...