GLOUCESTER (CBS) -- The coronavirus has forced the postponement of a Gloucester tradition that is seen by people around the world thanks to social media. The Greasy Pole Contest, part of St. Peter's ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

The return of the St. Peter’s Fiesta for the first time since 2019 was a flashback to brilliance on Sunday in Gloucester. The 2022 winner of the famed ‘Greasy Pole’ contest was Derek Hopkins, the same ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THIS YEAR’S EXCITEMENT. IT WAS A PERFECT NIGHT FOR THE KICKOFF OF THE GREASY POLE HERE IN GLOUCESTER. ONE PERSON DID COME CLOSE, BUT THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO GRAB IT. SO CREWS ACTUALLY ...