MOUNT IDA - Fishing for crappie with yo-yos is such an up-and-down affair. When it’s up, though, it can be stratospheric. It’s been very good lately at Lake Ouachita, where Bill Eldridge of Benton ...

I've always liked yo-yos. I don't mean the wooden ones that do "walk the dog" tricks. I didn't play with them as a kid, mostly because I never understood the dynamics of those toys. How do you make ...

Duncan promises you’ve never seen anything like its new Hardcore Yo-Yos. So if you’re serious about the sport… and we mean EXTREMELY serious… try your hand at these. There’s the Ballistic ($20) with ...

Airport hotels fill up with business travelers on weekday nights. But on weekends, rates drop, all sorts of groups show up to convene and compete -- and as this video shows, you might end up with jigs ...

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 ...

Tops and yo-yos are among the oldest types of playthings but researchers at Disney Research Zurich and ETH Zurich have given them a new spin with an algorithm that makes it easier to design these toys ...

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 ...

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'I remember going to the drugstore on Ingraham Street in Crown Point. They used to have yo-yos displayed in boxes. You'd go up to the shelf and pick up a yo-yo. They let you try it out. I remember ...

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 ...

Yo-yo biscuits are an Australian delicacy - Liz & Max Haarala Hamilton Yo-yo biscuits, so called because they look like old-fashioned toys, are Australian. The biscuits are melting – here, we call ...