41. But after they were swept in the second round of the playoffs by the Nets, Brown gave McCarthy his walking papers . 42. After doing very little running this past season, Herschel Walker has been given his walking papers by the New York Giants. 43. Well, OK . It was the early'70s in California, right about the time Richard Nixon was being given his walking papers . 44. But many people find the notion of handing someone his walking papers unsettling, particularly when their ties are at a gym. 45. I know that 99.9 percent of the people who might have purchased this franchise would have given me my walking papers . 46. -- Relief pitcher Jim Corsi was asked to sign his own walking papers before winning a last-minute reprieve in New York. 47. Reese eventually lost his starting job to Hawthorne, and the Cowboys eventually grew tired or Larrimore's immaturity and issued his walking papers . 48. His voluntary hospitalization was interpreted in Kiev as a sign that Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma may be preparing the mayor's walking papers . 49. In his very first training camp, for instance, he saw Curtis Rowe for 20 minutes in practice and gave him his walking papers . 50. I know that 99 . 9 percent of the people who might have purchased this franchise would have given me my walking papers .