If you decide to try this week’s project and your mother asks what you’re making, tell her, “It’s a yo-yo, Ma.” OK, we apologize, but the chance to make a pun like that one doesn’t come along every ...

A little-known Gilbert machining shop across the street from McQueen Park is churning out one of the lowest-tech toys imaginable — the humble yo-yo. Only these aren’t so humble. They start at $30 and ...

With a tennis ball and a yo-yo as props, first-grade teacher Kristy Brooks helped her class understand what a healthy portion of potato looks like. “About how many yo-yos do you think would fit on ...

When does the yo-yo -- the most analog toy this side of jacks-- play as a dynamic and contemporary diversion? When it’s a diabolo -- the oversize, spool-shaped approach that evolved from 12th century ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In 1997, when most 1-year-olds were still learning how to walk and talk, Evan Nagao was playing with yo-yos. Little did he know his talent would put him in the national spotlight on ...