Yoyos are fun toys that people have enjoyed for generations. No, they're not video games, but playing with them and learning the tricks with them is a lost art. Nevertheless, what keeps the heart of ...

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 ...

When John Hankla was about 15 - he's 87 now - he met a yo-yo demonstrator from Duncan, the company famous for the spinning toy, who performed at local drug stores. Hankla became an apprentice of sorts ...

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 ...

CHICO, CALIF. - As Wimbledon is to tennis, so is Chico to yo-yo. The Northern California college town is a magnet for the sport's elite. Every fall, they arrive with new moves, new tricks, new ...

IT was an uncommon sight, but a nostalgic flash back to childhood: Adults spinning yo-yo tricks. Two hundred men, women and children cheered Bill Tiedje of Tiburon, Calif., doing walk-the-dog and baby ...

BURLINGTON — The Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave., is offering a live program and tour for ages 4 to adult from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday and Tuesday, Dec. 27 and 31, and Friday, Jan ...

BURLINGTON — The Spinning Top and Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave., is offering an “Egg Shape Tops” hands-on tour and program from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19. Visitors may try spinning the ...