The new Rick Reilly show!

I'll take Bill Simmons to block.

Well, it's not how this show works.

The newest ESPN columnist, as part of his multi-million deal, has arranged to do a TV series called "Homecoming," which debuts today (ESPN2, 5 p.m.), where he does a kind of "This Is Your Life" episode with athletes by taking them back to their home towns for a sit-down in front of a live audience.

Episode 1, Reilly visits Josh Hamilton in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina (pictured above), at Athens Drive High School. Next Friday, it's a show with John Elway, taped last October at Granada Hills High. There are six shows in the can, all an hour long.

We'll watch 'em if you can't.