Frat-house frolics became a national obsession when Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee — on this day in history, Jan. 23, 1957. "The ...

BRIDGEPORT -- There's a story told in these parts that goes something like this: The Frisbie Pie Co. on Kossuth Street sold its wares baked in steel tins. Students at Yale University used these pie ...

Emeryville's Wham-O Inc., the maker of the storied Frisbee, Hula Hoop and Hacky Sack, is hot on the trail of two rival toy companies that have allegedly produced knockoffs of its popular flying disc, ...

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. - Wham-O is putting a new spin on the Frisbee, the fanciful flying discs that have twirled through parks, hovered above playgrounds and wafted in the ocean air for nearly 50 years.

Chinese investors couldn’t buy a U.S. oil company or the maker of Maytag appliances, but now a Hong Kong group will be able to claim a real American icon: Wham-O Inc., the maker of Frisbee, Hula-Hoop, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Critical Content, a leading independent nonfiction production studio, is forming a TV development deal with Wham-O, maker of classic toys like the Frisbee Disc, Hula Hoop and Slip ‘N Slide.

Toy manufacturer Wham-O Inc. has acquired a nine-person, Colorado-based company that designs toys molded from a proprietary wood-plastic composite — a move that officials at the smaller firm said ...

LOS ANGELES — Life was once an easy summer breeze for Wham-O. The Southern California toy outfit, founded in a South Pasadena garage shortly after World War II, churned out Frisbees like pancakes and ...

Life was once an easy summer breeze for Wham-O. The Southern California toy outfit, founded in a South Pasadena garage shortly after World War II, churned out Frisbees like pancakes and Super Balls ...

What's in a name? With apologies to Shakespeare: plenty. Would we be talking about Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, if she hadn't changed her name to Lorde? Would 4.4 million pounds of Slimeheads ...

Leading Innovator of Recreational Fun Extends Its Global Leadership Position Within Two of Sporting Goods' Fastest Growing Segments -- Water and Snow Sports WHAM-O, Inc. the leading innovator of ...