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Every year at the end of June, Brian McFadden and his family vacation in Gloucester, Mass. The trip is centered on the Greasy Pole, a competition in which competitors attempt to walk the length of a telephone pole slathered with slippery substances — all while suspended over the Atlantic Ocean. This year, McFadden had something...
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