The world will hear “Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo,” no longer. At least not in the unique way Pete Carril said it when he was trying to get your attention. Which he always deserved. Carril, a Bethlehem ...

Yo-yo champion Harrison Lee explains yo-yo tricks in 26 levels of difficulty. Starting with tricks using an unresponsive yo-yo, Harrison progresses until he's popping the yo-yo into the air, and ...

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This story originally aired Jan. 20, 2025. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – On a snowy Friday in January after school is out, an enthusiastic group of students at Arlington Elementary School are busy ...

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 ...

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 ...

On September 27, 1929, the Cincinnati Post ran a photograph of a comely young flapper staring at a yo-yo, accompanied by a drawing of the toy in action. Under the headline, “It’s A Yo-Yo,” the ...

At the European Yo-Yo Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, last March, Evan Nagao set his routine to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” It was an odd choice considering what his fellow competitors ...

Don Hodgkinson didn’t pick up a yo-yo expecting it to change his life. But nearly two decades after his third-grade fascination with the spinning toy began, he’s now a national champion, bringing the ...

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 ...

Tucked away in Eugene's Whiteaker neighborhood is an unassuming warehouse. Behind the white walls and rust-colored window covers lies a haven for toy lovers many locals may not know about. Silver ...