June 6 marks National Yo-Yo Day, a celebration of one of the world's oldest and most enduring toys. The date honors the birthday of Donald F. Duncan Sr., the entrepreneur who helped turn the yo-yo ...

Gus Somera, 82, one of the original demonstrators for the Duncan YoYo Co., helped introduce the toy in the United States and abroad. Mr. Somera, whose non-professional name was Sotero Parpana ...

That Duncan you threw a kid ... politely declined to discuss their design processes. A fully-built professional yo-yo can cost more than £100 ($156). And these aren't the yo-yos you're used ...

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 ...

For young Tom O’Loughlin, the corner of Kenneth Road and Grandview Avenue in northwest Glendale meant just one thing: the Duncan YoYo contest. “For years, I had a yellow sleeveless sweater ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s been 90 years of fun for Duncan Toys, an Ohio company known for its yo-yos. To celebrate, it’ll be slinging out a few yo-yo events in downtown Cleveland this summer.

Quick-moving, looping yo-yo tricks were performed by about 70 competitors during the Duncan International Yo-Yo Championship at Downtown Disney. The second annual event showcases a range of yo-yo ...

Exactly. You see, I advertise yo yo competitions, but in order to enter the kiddos have got to sell three subscriptions to your paper. You know what Duncan you might be onto something. The deal ...

BENJIE SANDERS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1978 The words Duncan and yo-yo are almost synonymous. But when Tucsonan Donald Duncan Jr., whose father had created the original Duncan yo-yo, invented a new ...

Just ask Yo-Yo Mike. Or, as he’s known at Flambeau Products Corp., Michael Caffrey, director of marketing and sales for Duncan Toys Co., a division of Flambeau. Caffrey, a former Duncan Yo-Yo ...