Sports briefs

Lobos' Lambert returns, stays on bench

MILWAUKEE — Elizabeth Lambert went from Internet sensation to the end of the bench.

The senior defender for New Mexico's women's soccer team didn't get on the field Friday night in her first chance since serving a two-game suspension. Lambert was the player caught on video in November yanking her BYU opponent to the ground by the ponytail during the Mountain West Conference tournament. The video was posted on the Internet and watched by millions worldwide. Lambert was reinstated Tuesday, but didn't talk to reporters then and didn't appear in the first game she was eligible against Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday.

School spokesman Frank Mercogliano said Lambert wouldn't speak unless she was involved in a play that helped determine the outcome. The Lobos and the Panthers played to a 1-1 draw

Lambert received a two-game suspension for her role in the widely publicized hair-pulling fracas. The most infamous images are of Lambert grabbing BYU's Kassidy Shumway by her ponytail and yanking her to the ground. but Lambert also was the recipient of some rough play. receiving an elbow to the ribs during a dead ball and responding with one of her own.

Walk4Hearing kickoff reception is today

SALT LAKE CITY — A Walk4Hearing Kickoff reception will be held today from 4 to 6 p.m. at Little America Hotel.

Former Jazz announcer Hot Rod Hundley will speak at the event, sponsored by the Hearing Loss Association of America. It is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. The event is to organize teams for the walk, which will take place Oct. 9 at Sugar House Park.

According to Walk4Hearing organizers, 10 percent of the general population has hearing loss, while 20 percent of teens are affected.

For more information on the event see www.walk4hearing.org, or call Harold L. Koch at 801-836-3129.

—Deseret News staff and wire services