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 ...

Contestants must run, walk, slide, prance, or otherwise grapple their way to the end of the pole and snag the flag. Colin Sweet is carried by other contestants after grabbing the flag to win the ...

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 ...

Jordyn Jagolinzer is a reporter for WBZ-TV. She joined WBZ in 2022 from WGGB/WSHM in Springfield, where she spent 5 years as an anchor-reporter. As June comes to an end in Massachusetts, there's a ...

GLOUCESTER — Derek Hopkins remains undefeated on the greasy pole. Despite a three-year layoff, Hopkins again made it look easy, taking down the flag with a flawless walk as the second walker in the ...

The return of St. Peter's Fiesta to Gloucester for the first time in three years also saw the return of one of the most unique traditions in all of Massachusetts.From Wednesday through Sunday, ...

People have been waiting all year to compete in a unique Gloucester tradition known as the greasy pole contest. Friday, hundreds gathered from near and far to watch people race across a 40-foot-long ...

In the annual Gloucester greasy pole competition, where participants take turns running down a greased pole to capture a flag before falling into the water, a 20-year-old came out victorious. Nick ...

The world-famous greasy pole contest starts today at St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester. Videos of contestants attempting to scamper across a slippery 45-foot telephone pole that juts out over Pavilion ...

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 ...

Derek Hopkins spent his childhood training to be a Gloucester greasy pole champion like his father. Now, at just 22, he’s an undefeated four-time champion, and some say the best to ever do it. Others ...