Even the most basic yo-yo tricks depend on the toy’s ability to keep on spinning. But why does it spin so fast for so long? The magic center of a yo-yo is a bearing—a bunch of tiny metal balls trapped ...

The contest features various styles of yo-yo play, with each contestant doing a performance set to music. Yo-yo like a pro: Inside the World Yo-Yo Contest in Cleveland It may not be an Olympic sport ...

From being an amateur yo-yo player who performed self-taught tricks on the street to becoming a national-ranked performer who has dazzled the country’s diplomatic allies at state banquets, 23-year-old ...

The man behind me in the queue was trying to be helpful: “It’s true, though, right? They are used as weapons in Asia. I go there a lot and I’ve seen them do it—they’re lethal.” He made a sudden ...

LAKE RIDGE, Va. (AP) - The Cub Scouts in Pack 295 knew all about the two-dimensional world of the video game Minecraft, but they had never “pulled the puppy by the tail.” Some of them had never even ...

Got an extra 400 bucks? How about spending it on a yo-yo? A really nice yo-yo, a state-of-the-art, forged-magnesium-alloy, ultralong-spinning yo-yo. Later this year, Duncan Toys, a seller of ...

But to many who grew up in or around Chico, the city of about 110,000 is celebrated for something else entirely. It’s something big, but it’s also quite small. So small that you can fit it in your ...

If you or yours are at all interested in yo-yos, this sounds like an event well worth putting on the calendar. The California State Yo-Yo championships are happening on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 10am to ...