Notre Dame football tight end Ty Washington turns fencing ambassador?

SOUTH BEND — Ty Washington, entering his second and final year as a Notre Dame football tight end, might have discovered his new passion: fencing ambassador. With the NCAA Fencing Championships in town through Sunday, Washington was rounding up some of his fellow tight ends and other teammates to walk over to Purcell Pavilion and take in the competition. “A couple of us are going over there to watch (Saturday),” Washington said Friday March 20 after the first day of spring practice. “Right now I’ve got Jack (Larsen) going. I just talked to Coop (Flanagan) about going. I’ve got some of the (defensive...