Come for the basketball. Go home with a puppy. That’s an option at this year’s Big 12 Basketball Championships tournaments played in Kansas City thanks to a group called Best Friends Animal Society.

TINTON FALLS - Who could resist a cute puppy with the name Mayor McCheese? Asbury Park residents Michael Bucci and Olivia Ochat sure couldn't. They adopted the 9-week-old Mountain Cur mix on Oct. 26 ...