Which hula hoop for kids is best? Hula hooping is well-loved by both children and adults for exercise and entertainment purposes. By simply twirling the circular toy around your waist, you can stay ...

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It's hard to believe in an age of action-packed video games and other whiz-bang gadgets, but the Hula Hoop once was the hippest toy around. The hoopla began 50 years ago Thursday when entrepreneurs ...

It’s Pi day! So what better way to celebrate than with games that involve the math of circles? On this most circular of days, we present three classic toys — hula hoops, yo-yo’s and Connect Four — and ...

Balls, hoops, slingshots are some of the oldest known toys. Also some of the simplest. No batteries, computer skills or assembly required. But make them out of sturdy polyethylene, color them boldly, ...

It's hard to believe in an age of action-packed video games and other whiz-bang gadgets, but the Hula Hoop once was the hippest toy around. The hoopla began 50 years ago today when entrepreneurs ...

Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O Inc., which unleashed the granddaddy of American fads, the Hula Hoop, on the world half a century ago along with another enduring leisure icon, the Frisbee, has ...

Richard Knerr, co-founder of the toy company that popularized the Hula Hoop, Frisbee and other fads that became classics, has died. He was 82. Knerr, who started Wham-O in 1948 with his childhood ...

CarlsbadCarlsbad — In 1956, Joan Anderson flew home to Australia for the Christmas holidays and was fascinated to find her old friends joyously swiveling their hips in bamboo exercise rings. A few ...

The hoopla began 50 years ago Thursday when entrepreneurs Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin sought a trademark for a plastic cylinder based on a similar toy that had enjoyed modest success in ...