Only one team made it to the top of the 50-foot pole Sunday evening as part of the 49th Annual Grease Pole Festival. The fest always lands on the final day of Buffalo's Puerto Rican Festival. Team ...

Its origins have been lost to history, but this weekend some hardy Ayrshire souls will tackle a unique tradition - and all to win a ham. The greasy pole challenge in Irvine sees teams attempt to scale ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Agustin "Pucho" Olivencia Community Center's 54th annual Grease Pole Festival kicked off at 261 Swan St. in Buffalo on Friday. Dozens of teams will attempt to climb to the top of a ...

ST JULIAN'S, Malta (Reuters) - For more than a century, locals in the small Maltese town of St Julian's have celebrated their patron saint by running up a steeply angled log, smeared with lard, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The grease pole competition will return to the city of Springfield for the first time in more than 20 years. It used to be an Italian tradition in the south end of the city ...