Sports briefs: Seahawks lock up Sherman for four more years

NFL • Richard Sherman is the latest member of the Seattle Seahawks secondary to be locked up for the long term. The All-Pro cornerback is getting paid the best of anyone. Sherman signed a four-year contract extension Wednesday, a deal that makes him one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in NFL history. Sherman announced the deal on his website. Sherman wrote that the extension is for $57.4 million with $40 million guaranteed. It's unclear whether the deal incorporates the final year of his rookie contract in 2014 or is a new deal starting in 2015. Sherman wrote on his website that there is no other team or city that he would want to play for.

Pac-12 title game to 49ers' new stadium?

COLLEGE FOOTBALL • Presidents of Pac-12 universities could vote in June to move the conference's football championship game to the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara, California. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott would not say whether he favored the move but said if it's done it would make sense to do it this year, the first season of the 68,500-seat, $1.2 billion Levi's Stadium.

Deal keeps Olympics on NBC through '32

OLYMPICS • The Olympics are staying on NBC in the U.S. through 2032 in a record $7.75 billion deal that cut out rival networks and seals the long-term financial security of the IOC. In a stunning, pre-emptive deal negotiated secretly over six months, the International Olympic Committee awarded the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to NBC on Wednesday for an additional six games.

From wire reports