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) - 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 ...

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 ...

I’M HERE BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP WITH THIS. I’M READY. YOU’RE THE SPORTS GUY. DO PLAY BY PLAY IN GLOUCESTER. WELL, SO YOU GOT A GUY WHO’S GOING ON A GREASY POLE. HE TAKES THE RICE OUT OF THE O BANG, ...

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 ...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (WCVB/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Gloucester's Greasy Pole Contest has returned. Hundreds turned out in Gloucester, Massachusetts for a tradition that began back in 1931. The greasy ...

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 ...

The Greasy Pole contest during St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts, delivers plenty of laughs each summer and this year was no exception.There were dozens of gut-busting wipeouts just on ...

A 45-foot long telephone pole, dripping with grease, juts off a pier 200 feet off Gloucester’s Pavilion Beach and people just can’t wait to run it. “Some contestants sprint out like racehorses hoping ...

Jun. 27—In recognition of St. Peter, patron saint of the fisherman, Gloucester's fishing fleet was blessed by the Rev. James "Jim" Achadinha on Sunday afternoon. A crowd of around 70 people withstood ...

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — 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 ...