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 - 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...