‘Dickie V.’ is a sentimental tribute to ESPN’s Dick Vitale that’s not quite awesome, baby

There’s an understandably strong sentimental streak running through “Dickie V.,” a documentary tribute to ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, as he deals with his mortality after being sidelined by cancer. Yet the lack of depth about Vitale’s influence over how college basketball is covered, to use his parlance, prevents this from being truly “Awesome, baby!” or a “primetime player.”