Systems and methods for recording portion of sports game

A method comprising:

• receiving a request to record media content showing a sports game;
• identifying, by control circuitry, based at least in part on the sports game, game timing rules associated with the sports game;
• generating, by the control circuitry, based at least in part on the identified game timing rules, a graphical user interface displaying time intervals corresponding to portions of the sports game;
• receiving, by the control circuitry, a user selection of a first time interval of the displayed time intervals, the user selection indicating a request to record less than an entirety of the sports game;
• during transmission of the media content, determining by the control circuitry, based on a first game progress graphic of the media content, a first progress point of the sports game;
• in response to determining, by the control circuitry, that the first progress point of the sports game corresponds to a recording start criterion of the request to record, beginning to record the media content;
• and
• causing, by the control circuitry, a recorded portion of the media content to be stored.