Yo-yo master Isaac Sams displays one of his tricks in Buckhannon, W.Va. Sams, who has been slinging a yo-yo around since age 10, is a self-taught yo-yo junkie, getting most of his inspiration from ...

To most people, a yo-yo is just a toy. But to Gentry Stein, the whirling bundle of string, plastic, and precision ball-bearings can become much more in the right hands. “It is a simple toy,” he admits ...

Brian Melford knows how to handle a yo-yo. The 27-year-old Bronx man has more than 300 of them. Some, he designed himself. By day, he’s an aide to City Councilman Andy King. But in his spare time, ...

Believe it or not, June 6, 2019, marks 75 years of celebrating the classic toy, the yo-yo. While yo-yos have been around as early as 500 B.C., the modernization of the toy has brought in a plethora of ...

Travis Kaiser, Zach McKinley and Scott Moore are known as South Elementary School's "Yo-Yo Boys." The Chelsea sixth-graders first discovered yo-yos last fall in Carol Strahler's science class. "She ...

When was the last time you "walked the dog" or "rocked the baby"? You might think our mind is in the gutter but, nah, we're only talking yo-yo tricks. You see, today is National Yo-Yo Day, and you don ...

GRAND BLANC, MI -- Xaviar McDonald’s backpack looks like any typical high schooler’s backpack – two straps, worn in and eternally filled with pounds of binders and homework. But on most days his ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (FOX 13) - A baby orangutan was captivated when a young boy showed off his yo-yo tricks. Lucy Feuerstein was visiting the Phoenix Zoo, and while at the orangutan exhibit, one young ...

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WOODBURY - Tyler Severance, a three-time national champ who once held the world yo-yo title, is a model of how yo-yoing isn't just for kids. The jean jacket-wearing guy from Fishtown and his knit ...

A baby orangutan at the Phoenix Zoo just couldn’t handle the yo-yo wizardry of Hunter Feuerstein. Hunter began performing tricks in front of the young ape during a recent visit to the zoo and the ...

Grammy-nominated rapper, actress, and philanthropist Dr. Yolanda “Yo-Yo” Whitaker has built an impressive empire spanning music, film, and education. Now, the hip-hop legend is conquering kitchens ...