Frisbee
The Frisbee, a plastic flying disc, has been a required component of any American child's toy collection for most of the latter half of the twentieth century. It is widely believed that...
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Frisbee
On a warm spring day on a college campus, you may need to duck in order to avoid being hit by a barrage of brightly-colored frisbees being tossed from one player to the next. However, the orig...
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Wham-O Inc. changed the name of the Pluto Platter to Frisbee 50 years ago Sunday, flinging a new word into the cultural ether that still conjures images of carefree fun in the park and breezy days ...
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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 fr...
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Richard KnerrARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — 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 st...
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A translator for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a boxer from the Bronx and an ultimate Frisbee player were among 32 Americans selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the scholarship trust announced Sunday...
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A burger battle is brewing between a Texas state legislator and the owners of Louis' Lunch, a restaurant established in 1895, where it has been claimed that the hamburger was invented.However, with...
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But just because the Big Apple didn't get the bigger picture, don't think Stat Quo is your average Southern rapper, despite the name. There's the accent, for one - a gravelly drawl so unique, even ...
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Councilman and all-but-announced city comptroller candidate Simcha Felder of Brooklyn hired another staffer: Eric Kuo, who will be the new new press person.
Kuo previously did press for Councilman ...
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Daniel O'Neil's life was short but filled with passions: for the Beatles, the Boston Red Sox and engineering, for his family and for the friends with whom he'd play music and Frisbee.On Tuesday, hu...
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The National Toy Hall of Fame is paying homage to the electric age.
The Easy-Bake Oven and Lionel model trains joined Mr. Potato Head, the Frisbee and 32 other classic but w...
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