The sport of track and field found a way to stage a world-class competition Sunday, keeping athletes at a healthy social distance — as in hundreds, if not thousands, of miles apart. The “Ultimate ...

GLOUCESTER — As a thick fog rolled over Gloucester Harbor, a man in a white T-shirt stepped out onto a 40-foot greased telephone pole suspended above the surf. He slipped and fell into the water. For ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

GLOUCESTER , MASS. (WHDH) - It’s one of the most popular events of the summer in New England. SKY 7 HD was over the scene of the Greasy Pole Competition in Gloucester as part of the annual Saint Peter ...

Does your kid have the upper body strength to climb a 22-foot-tall pole at the Topsfield Fair? Kids of all ages have a chance to win $10 by climbing to the top of the Money Pole any day at the fair.

GLOUCESTER - The first round of the greasy pole competition is over in Gloucester. The flag has been snatched for another year of a decade's long tradition in a town with grease in its blood. It was a ...

Guts, glory, and grease were all present in abundance at the annual highlight of St. Peter's Fiesta on Cape Ann. Max Allen walks the pole to grab the flag during Friday's round of the greasy pole ...

GLOUCESTER , MASS. (WHDH) - A beloved annual tradition returned in Gloucester Friday in the form of the city’s annual greasy pole competition. Part of Gloucester’s St. Peter’s Fiesta, the competition ...

In their conceptual year, Raise the Bar Athletics, a Rigby-based pole vaulting club, has qualified five pole vaulters for the National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships through their ...

YEARS. OH, YOU’RE VERY FUNNY. SEE WHAT I’M SAYING, BEARS? ALL RIGHT, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO GLOUCESTER NOW FOR THE GREASY POLE COMPETITION. NOW IT IS. IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT IS EXACTLY ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Sunday marked the last day of the Italian Feast in Springfield. And it’s no Italian celebration without the grease pole competition! The grease pole competition is a ...