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 ...

WINTER HAVEN — A few days before her sixth birthday in 1937, Velma Seawell Daniels’ father asked what she wanted more than anything in the world. Young Velma recalled being dazzled by the recent ...

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 ...

As an antiquer, if I say the word “yo-yo” to you, it will bring an image to mind. You might visualize a couple of different things. To a toy collector, “yo-yo” is a pair of discs with a string wrapped ...

The Goat Rodeo Sessions is the perhaps not-so-unlikely collaboration between mandolinist Chris Thile, bassist Edgar Meyer, fiddle player Stuart Duncan and ubiquitous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. These four ...

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 ...

The yo yo, *** toy with *** history stretching to ancient times, eventually taking the world by storm becoming one of the most iconic children's toys to ever exist. But what did it take to get this ...

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 ...

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