SEQUIM ­– The Sequim Relay for Life is a little shorter and less populous this year than last, but the orchestrators are determined to make it a good sock hop — with hula hooping, glow-in-the-dark ...

Can't hula hoop? It's not your technique, scientists say The reason some people cannot hoop for long periods of time has nothing to do with skill. It has to do with their body shape, researchers say ...

Grab a hula hoop and head to Liberty High School on Sunday for a fun event to raise money for cancer research. The second annual Hoopathon is happening from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

After analyzing the results, researchers found that getting a hula hoop up and going could be achieved by any of their “body shape” models.

Although Sydney 2000 wrapped up over the weekend, Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet in Northridge kicked off its version of the Olympics on Tuesday, featuring events such as the Alphabet Relay ...

With all the games and toys today's kids have to choose from, you might be surprised at how much fun they can have with an old-school hula hoop.

SAM OWENS | The Roanoke Times; Corbin Wilson (center) participates in the Relay For Life hula-hoop contest on the Reserve Avenue Athletic Fields, Friday evening. Creigh Riepe, a musician from ...

Though the true origins of the toy hoop are unknown --Egypt?China? -- the hula hoop made its way into millions of American toy boxes in the 1950s and '60s. Now, ...

The hoop reportedly got its modern name when English sailors visited the Hawaiian Islands in the 1800s and witnessed hip-shaking hula dancing.

I was hit in the mouth by the hula hoop – had we been playing football, she would have been charged with “unnecessary roughness.” What seemed like a routine backyard accident turned out to be much ...

The late Wayne Deforest Anderson and Joan Anderson, now 94 and the oldest person featured in a film at Tribeca, were the couple who brought the original bamboo Hula Hoop to this country from Joan ...

Paris Olympics: The Indian artist, who went viral with a saree hula hoop dance, shakes a leg to Mukkala Mukkabla with the iconic Eiffel Tower as the backdrop.