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 — 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 ...
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 ...
When June rolls around in Gloucester, it can only mean one thing: it's time to bring out the greasy pole. "It's honestly what you dream of ever since you're a kid," said Tyler Parisi in 2024, just ...
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 ...
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 ...