Play-by-play announcers said he was at home with his wife awaiting the birth of twins. They put up five staff-suggested names for the babies, and two of them were "Earl" and "Anthony" in honor of Stone being the bowling PBP guy.
Now, for the other part of this -- might Stone miss the Sunday 11-11-07 telecast, since he already missed his sideline gig? (He was scheduled to work tonight.)
Jess