62. “Bambino” - Breaking Away & NFL Underdogs | NFL Week 8 Talk + ATS Picks

Takin' it to the Streets · Oct 22, 2025 · 50m

This episode reminisces over the making and inspiration of the movie, “Breaking Away.” Andy tells of the screenplay writer’s story, Steve Tesich. Tesich was a student at Indiana University in the 60’s. He began his career working in Brooklyn as a case worker in the welfare department before writing a few off-Broadway plays (Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia and Eileen Brennan were among some of the actors featured). Tesich was on a winning “Little 500” bike tournament team at IU of which Dave Blase was the key contributor. Blase rode the final 139 laps (of the 200 in the tournament) to an…