The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word ‘double dutch’ is that it sounds yummy like ice cream. Last week, I was introduced to a Japanese teacher who accompanied eight Japanese ...

On command, double dutch turners grab their ropes, jumpers assume their positions. Judges gaze downward, counting the steps of each jumper. The spectators eagerly sit at attention -- ready to catch a ...

You've probably seen it in school yards -- kids doing fancy jumps between two moving ropes. Double Dutch is often considered a street game associated mostly with black girls. But there are serious ...

Back in the day, it was typical in some neighborhoods to see girls — with hair flying, legs pumping with precision, the rope tat-tat- tatting in rhythm — as they jumped Double Dutch for hours. Pamela ...

Pamela Robinson was feeling sad and discouraged that spring day in 2016. She was going through a difficult time in her marriage, she said, and struggling with her role as the mother of adult children ...

A new NPR profile this week celebrates the art and legacy of jumping double dutch–the game that came to create and define Black Girl Magic as the artform enters its 50th year as an organized sport.

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Double Dutch isn't just for fun on sidewalks and playgrounds. It's also highly competitive, and that was proven at Harlem's Apollo Theater ...

The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New ...