Forget about little kids walking the dog. The 21st-century yo-yo scene features the grim-faced concentration of young men in hoodies and skullcaps slinging yo-yos behind their backs and weaving ...

You may think you know everything there is to know about yo-yos, and there’s a good chance you know the basics, but there’s an even better chance there is a bigger, more fascinating world of the yo-yo ...

There was a lot of spin going on in Washington, D.C., this week, and not just the political kind. Some of the world's best yo-yo artists, part of Team YoYoJam, performed at the Smithsonian's National ...

The 2011 World Yo-Yo Championships wrapped up in Orlando, Florida last Saturday. Here are the winning performers from each of division—all with their own hardware and stunt styles—pulling off tricks ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -It is a safe bet to say many of you reading this played with a yo-yo when you were a kid. "It is just fun, its a stress reliever," said Virginia Beach resident Jonathan Saelens.

LOS ANGELES — He doesn’t have to put a spin on what he does. Alex Hattori’s hobby does that automatically. At age 15, the Torrance, Calif., youth has become the yo-yo king. He has his own sponsor, ...

The Cub Scouts in Pack 295 knew all about the two-dimensional world of the video game Minecraft, but they had never “pulled the puppy by the tail.” Some of them had never even held a yo-yo in their ...

A Bismarck man who police say tried to strangle his girlfriend with a modified yo-yo string has been charged with attempted murder and three other felonies. The woman on Tuesday morning was driving ...

He doesn’t have to put a spin on what he does. Alex Hattori’s hobby does that automatically. At the age of 15, the Torrance youth has become the yo-yo king. He has his own sponsor, his own trading ...

BISMARCK — A Bismarck man accused of attacking a woman with a yo-yo string was ordered to spend 104 days in jail, time he's already served behind bars, as well as two years on supervised probation.

Welcome to the spin zone! Dozens of high-strung competitors will swing down to Coney Island this weekend for the New York State Yo-Yo Contest. The competition on Dec. 8 will bring together the best yo ...