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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jakub Dolejs of the Czech Republic claimed the top title in the main 1A category at the European Yo-Yo Championship in ...

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 ...

Dazzling spectators with their best tricks, yoyo whizzes from across the globe are competing at the 2025 World Yoyo Contest, hosted in Prague. Some 300 "yoyoers" will face off across five categories ...

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 ...

Yoyos are fun toys that people have enjoyed for generations. No, they're not video games, but playing with them and learning the tricks with them is a lost art. Nevertheless, what keeps the heart of ...