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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) — ‘The Sleeper’ is a popular yo-yo trick, but can the Fox 8 Morning Show team master it? Kenny invites some world champion yo-yo players from Team Duncan to visit the Fox 8 ...

LINDEN, Michigan — Area children — and those much older, but still a kid at heart — got a lesson in the art of yo-yoing today by professionals. Four yo-yo masters stopped by the Linden Toy Factory as ...

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 ...

Ask Jacob Cross to "walk the dog" or "rock the baby" and he'll quickly move into action. Just don't expect him to reach for a leash or cradle. We're talking yo-yo tricks here, not family tasks. The 15 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Entrepreneur Donald Franklin Duncan (June 8, 1893-May 15, 1971) was founder of the Duncan Yo-Yo Company and the Duncan Parking Meter Corporation. He was born in Rome, Ohio, but spent his childhood in ...